From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 23271 invoked from network); 10 Dec 2022 17:16:50 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 10 Dec 2022 17:16:50 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1784C423AC; Sun, 11 Dec 2022 03:16:45 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-oi1-f172.google.com (mail-oi1-f172.google.com [209.85.167.172]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 28EE74238D for ; Sun, 11 Dec 2022 03:16:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-oi1-f172.google.com with SMTP id l127so7478020oia.8 for ; Sat, 10 Dec 2022 09:16:39 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=V/8g1bmtyfZd2mvEeCTaorsMReddNBQdxwjkRkAokZQ=; b=TZVROID6hDxjBL4C3gsIfWP+w1hDVfiCp1eI4QJtANhPJPcy1xKNp3NyH5y1vR1+5j zwF8o+CnCdDUYx9u2iXj/WNzKbo8nVzB4VaLC8aBujGctV2zFks8e6OcctxDs0GWF9jf k1/Y5i1X087ss6DuxMR5faOwI3VY3Cn1xEhJ6lfotmP3gGVKSMQLOphH2l73tTD0ycBA n3d1/dYHUzRAF4SD4Bz6PjP2ox6d6OfM3f+RGmxSs745XNOyJ9VREoF9pgklUbSKtxX2 ujqPkp8fyls6ti4/86vPsG3hyblw0PCL+1SQKgbaFo6mUH58nvx0i08QelEwEB8wW0TQ twwA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=V/8g1bmtyfZd2mvEeCTaorsMReddNBQdxwjkRkAokZQ=; b=kvG3qk8sXxT95Be5RJJQoJeXjcmcJIRkdW450VpMza3wxtG/p5FPFpDf2UYaK7eLvX K+03JnWqSX1c/32idbKcb/O3BkBSlgFGJ559ySqKaaIrW/dgZJVNqYidoSLacx2wHCV/ hLYGeOoTJ6mL/rsgv7iWZbtZQ3LdQRFWm0tBKnkuEnCiEUQCSQuwxI6pN2wwObXKBsv4 6S4ETFxzNmaF9i2hgynyTqGFQu3JUf+fVRkWSOHinH7HOmHvfFiOpF2JkrZTHmVFiHdW Rq+ZQgOs7iFM/hXvuWR7huYVeX/9V2M59Kz8f5cwNBIVZOq6h3pYYBYMqHF5UfNkOdl7 gS1w== X-Gm-Message-State: ANoB5pkugGbFa1NHJNV9chRNzQsg1k2vnk5AuJc66ccddrK3MywwvNxe KalpB6fNBnCjuk1NLsJ4aivLq0oco9F2YpNZ2Q2pXYZraQE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA0mqf41KLStqB7p0YUP7SZnyamH3nhEmrzkme9w0CD2AKo4lnXsg3oR23Wzf6k5JufeSqUNM0voxnYBQGnxetalHfg= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6808:110:b0:35e:7c29:bb50 with SMTP id b16-20020a056808011000b0035e7c29bb50mr82010oie.102.1670692538199; Sat, 10 Dec 2022 09:15:38 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Marc Donner Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2022 12:15:24 -0500 Message-ID: To: Adam Sampson Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000044b56705ef7c6b25" Message-ID-Hash: HSGOJ5MMWAMWPDNDEQXCYEUJZTWDYF7W X-Message-ID-Hash: HSGOJ5MMWAMWPDNDEQXCYEUJZTWDYF7W X-MailFrom: marc.donner@gmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Bringing a Chainsaw List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --00000000000044b56705ef7c6b25 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mike is an old friend ... I will send him a copy of "Bringing a Chainsaw" and ask ... I don't think he was in Yorktown at the time but I probably told him about the work while it was happening. ===== nygeek.net mindthegapdialogs.com/home On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 11:56 AM Adam Sampson wrote: > John Cowan writes: > > > Some editions of the Jargon File contain an entry for _branch to > > Fishkill_, defined as "Any unexpected jump in a program that produces > > catastrophic or just plain weird results" and attributed to IBM. > > Mike Cowlishaw's IBM Jargon and General Computing Dictionary, Tenth > Edition was probably the source for > this -- it includes both "branch to Fishkill" and "branch to Owego" with > exactly this definition. > > -- > Adam Sampson > --00000000000044b56705ef7c6b25 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Mike is an old friend ... I will send him a cop= y of "Bringing a Chainsaw" and ask ... I don't think he was i= n Yorktown at the time but I probably told him about the work while it was = happening.


On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 11:56 A= M Adam Sampson <ats@offog.org> w= rote:
John Cowan= <cowan@ccil.org= > writes:

> Some editions of the Jargon File contain an entry for _branch to
> Fishkill_, defined as "Any unexpected jump in a program that prod= uces
> catastrophic or just plain weird results" and attributed to IBM.<= br>
Mike Cowlishaw's IBM Jargon and General Computing Dictionary, Tenth
Edition <http://www.comlay.net/ibmjarg.pdf> was probably = the source for
this -- it includes both "branch to Fishkill" and "branch to= Owego" with
exactly this definition.

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