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=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 20826 invoked from network); 15 Dec 2020 03:05:52 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 15 Dec 2020 03:05:52 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id B2E8E9C7D9; Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:05:51 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68CE59C78F; Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:05:36 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=bsdimp-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.i=@bsdimp-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.b="k0Wp/JNC"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 2EB049C78F; Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:05:34 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qk1-f180.google.com (mail-qk1-f180.google.com [209.85.222.180]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F00FC944D8 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:05:32 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qk1-f180.google.com with SMTP id n142so17837794qkn.2 for ; Mon, 14 Dec 2020 19:05:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bsdimp-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=V4/LYkgspCB+WxFq4wiNS/dn6oMmT5tsnKaUn6XRA2k=; b=k0Wp/JNCY6gfT6GM4hZ0d2MDS72OPPP6gPrUndvrLkrChjNvdZVervKHwQIc2nAnvH cCoKd41g8GkY/foKQe16NVqumKWeD4r4SXHkamgCSif8wdTc0I+AMFFa2jYpKmNFBG8x dJC2q30cbMfgvS5tdhVwPW44gbFFlogQd9fXKXOBgJcMizbc55Wg2RCmTV9iZ8NDYh93 GBIgBLZN87D2gEsvVTtfIlb+ck3zTXNr16ifJtxI88hPR1YtYHDRFI1bHu4vaXtQBrRR 51pGrH095/RB/MuiB6KzXNpeOYLAPiTQdhOU8rqHbeTvCojXjS8e1LjBpl46fcQjP6MA qP3A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=V4/LYkgspCB+WxFq4wiNS/dn6oMmT5tsnKaUn6XRA2k=; b=BXBlWmFfP/jlVJklPGxb0EXoGlUMtjkzcexVNV18etlKplQQfGja7fYtwDCxuBU3Ke 15f5ecBBJMqlwnEdprsyGdqi3RQhpwp+A0QD/31o7MDEAJx8p1TsYxIpNLjzh+jIFCEG RLtX+t6ytXh6lv0ZR4aRgDsgDUi+gj8LclRC00qXxGjx+HcmqdoqK7puyhqTaI+37Q1N Fr2TLC3owpkDzf1eQKRi9nXYkZdASBJVz+7GkDTqzpWMVRgHk4VENF/kbvMShazHaKeE X5oqwewcbdwwr3ewwWiv2ouEb0xKbewk/XXGWMWyPBH3KjZW4QTWBNMj5/l2rm85eZKt CuKg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532lLGEKZkc5bRd7PQ9+3+kYp4gN+ir6QA0lRnsSP8LqpqU31w8l y0RdBEHd66yEeYm6g8fWT+cGXMAqpGszp3nf4ll7gg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzQzBGyYwzsnHLER0VeGbLM+7m7lfBiL//U00dyp/dDwd2gu1himJCKFrCggXFjm1cFhEzDSgCT4YiapPcj10Q= X-Received: by 2002:ae9:ebd5:: with SMTP id b204mr35923299qkg.195.1608001531955; Mon, 14 Dec 2020 19:05:31 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <88E7F8CE-DC08-44AB-BF12-EFD4C5958950@iitbombay.org> <4E9347ED-A37E-435A-A1BE-194C6E693B00@iitbombay.org> In-Reply-To: <4E9347ED-A37E-435A-A1BE-194C6E693B00@iitbombay.org> From: Warner Losh Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 20:05:21 -0700 Message-ID: To: Bakul Shah Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000001c6c4905b67808f8" Subject: Re: [TUHS] Were cron and at done at the same time? Or one before the other? X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --0000000000001c6c4905b67808f8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 7:58 PM Bakul Shah wrote: > On Dec 14, 2020, at 12:28 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote: > > You wrote your algorithm in Pascal, debugged it, and then rewrote it in > your favourite language (in my case, ALGOL-W). > > Now why didn't Don Knuth think of that for TeX? It's by far not the only program that's translated from a pascal-oid into C before being compiled. The Moria game from back in the late 80s was originally written in Pascal and ported to the PC by using a Pascal to C compiler someone had written because it was easier than getting it to compile under Turbo Pascal or something. Though that may have been a one-shot deal. The code has since been rewritten two or three times... Warner --0000000000001c6c4905b67808f8 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


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On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 7:58 PM Bakul= Shah <bakul@iitbombay.org>= ; wrote:
On Dec = 14, 2020, at 12:28 PM, Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org> wrote:
> You wrote your algorithm in Pascal, debugged it, and then rewrote it i= n your favourite language (in my case, ALGOL-W).

Now why didn't Don Knuth think of that for TeX?

It's by far not the only program that's translated from a = pascal-oid into C before being compiled. The Moria game from back in the la= te 80s was originally written in Pascal and ported to the PC by using a Pas= cal to C compiler someone had written because it was easier than getting it= to compile under Turbo Pascal or something. Though that may have been a on= e-shot deal. The code has since been rewritten two or three times...
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