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 29148 invoked from network); 10 Dec 2022 09:12:10 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 10 Dec 2022 09:12:10 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06958423A3; Sat, 10 Dec 2022 19:11:46 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-oa1-f53.google.com (mail-oa1-f53.google.com [209.85.160.53]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9CC1E423A2 for ; Sat, 10 Dec 2022 19:11:38 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-oa1-f53.google.com with SMTP id 586e51a60fabf-12c8312131fso2609182fac.4 for ; Sat, 10 Dec 2022 01:11:38 -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=SkI5OA3xrpMZt3KiVjQLzBZ6WHiyDCh5NLMeazU6Kbg=; b=HOJgxtohcMI+mJigaqBKwrmFpLUu+V3+Vh42ktPflYqL8WlsMN3pdpyscRH5yetZ+g EXu4V2KvtO8u61oyUUiw5Hm33xuoDL5d7kjZXaS2fZb/OIfk+tf4zL8kP4r3sgK8zsD5 NTzi25w0k5Qni+vXqnBbQQzCXghtjEnZEsexk2lQwOF3jzS4t8IwEGHZVibYXwQ3npBl YbDImlLsuvYiF8aGOJAQjpXXCerFtB55A79/L6RXJnRnWh3AyFmLhvZOQqcZDHMMS/B/ AXYAPhTTQ9tmzJ2hdU/b5oNITQg7J+ic1J6SXaeb6opfA63XEb24FoKKMArkewQoN0gG C3JQ== 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=SkI5OA3xrpMZt3KiVjQLzBZ6WHiyDCh5NLMeazU6Kbg=; b=T2mSx0SJPd/SsptUxSUP2vh7MMA2KVo0r+eD/zW2LWf1eGzdC/VySB5DV1ZwhnCRr/ 3zIGZgVlojkrAT+/KFZNPnoxK0oP9+jr5URvHdPlAZlugUmuReKEyzzXcfoLibH0bng+ Q+ntliLiVMfURYge0dgcXl/nXHrt/lb+W5yT8vP6ihFlCZTyGgvrZp/EoEdsLH8g+lXK rOW0qnwQHWXrMg5Op/NxHFTGRP9VjRXGdWLHveJFbGoglntD5QGdYAbI2rL9OMsbEg+Y QZHN4UMBYHjS2g1IiFWQJA3FOnPtr82gpeE9Ummqss0zE1Nt0WrzgYc0UE1nVppcyDav dJ5A== X-Gm-Message-State: ANoB5pm4a4/SUbMIYD+aRIqgba9Cnp6jeci/eV+/g/so9RfdhAEgL33y 9CNPmekD1Zkgui85At21FOkfk/Yk0easLqqynvY= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA0mqf7tNlXryLDIaXMC3hc7V4yGfP36qDyEfVVeGiv6plTSXBXSXUAQxT0OELMM/1sFuSS8segusfTzeVEHbn30UkY= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6870:5b05:b0:148:451:3b81 with SMTP id ds5-20020a0568705b0500b0014804513b81mr385863oab.175.1670663437695; Sat, 10 Dec 2022 01:10:37 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Marc Donner Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2022 04:10:26 -0500 Message-ID: To: John Cowan Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000be412a05ef75a424" Message-ID-Hash: JRND6N45M4TIJ7EVEPWM7SHJFGKWJGR6 X-Message-ID-Hash: JRND6N45M4TIJ7EVEPWM7SHJFGKWJGR6 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: Douglas McIlroy , 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: --000000000000be412a05ef75a424 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Interesting. I never heard =E2=80=9Cbranch to Fishkill=E2=80=9D until toda= y. On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 1:54 AM John Cowan wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 9, 2022 at 4:50 PM Marc Donner wrote: > > (Recently I mentioned to Doug McIlroy that I had infiltrated IBM East >> Fishkill, reputedly one of the largest semiconductor fabs in the world, >> with UNIX back in the 1980s. He suggested that I write it up and share = it >> here, so here it is.) >> > > 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. Are you > familiar with this term? Did it have a specific reference within IBM? > > In any case, this is a great story! > --=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D nygeek.net mindthegapdialogs.com/home --000000000000be412a05ef75a424 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Interesting.=C2=A0 I never heard =E2=80=9Cbranch to Fishk= ill=E2=80=9D until today.

On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 1:54 AM John Cowan &l= t;cowan@ccil.org> wrote:
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On Fri, Dec 9, 2022 at 4:50 PM Marc Donner <marc.donner@gmail.com> wr= ote:

(Recently I mentioned to Doug McIlroy that I had infiltrated IBM Ea= st Fishkill, reputedly one of the largest=C2=A0semiconductor fabs in the wo= rld, with UNIX back in the 1980s.=C2=A0 He suggested that I write it up and= share it here, so here it is.)

Some editions of the Jargon File contain an entry for= _branch to Fishkill_, defined as "Any unexpected jump in a program th= at produces catastrophic or just plain weird results" and attributed t= o IBM.=C2=A0 Are you familiar with this term?=C2=A0 Did it have a specific = reference within IBM?

In any case, this is a great story!
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