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, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 29084 invoked from network); 22 Aug 2020 21:03:25 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 22 Aug 2020 21:03:25 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id DA3909CA36; Sun, 23 Aug 2020 07:03:23 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74A919B672; Sun, 23 Aug 2020 07:02:54 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=iitbombay-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.i=@iitbombay-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.b="yCOMgEKS"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C79AD93D64; Sun, 23 Aug 2020 07:02:51 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-pj1-f43.google.com (mail-pj1-f43.google.com [209.85.216.43]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2B9DB93D61 for ; Sun, 23 Aug 2020 07:02:51 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-pj1-f43.google.com with SMTP id mw10so2291117pjb.2 for ; Sat, 22 Aug 2020 14:02:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=iitbombay-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=from:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references :to:in-reply-to:message-id; bh=igKNpG6K5oFEEcp3CUxMpnHPHdgYdLydHzSNI5K4K4I=; b=yCOMgEKSXZRMIc143GI31Z1fx9NIqTnnBd40MLr5Rtd7Dc1cs3IWXxHNie4PjBKARn AbgQTGcW2gJhkwobDfA2eqZ6kxWk+qzSQnmeZsVa3G5LAYNHskhUxzuOp8eGpI3pxFUs P4MmXnOvUUU8uwB7YsT2C9uRmKp2n4LxQx0xxyq5KTS3REKwN3kMHZulDV/217DuJnkd c8idqLGAy+N+VMfCZm5Cvf8mxDtUFRAYZxZFPYh1JhDFR5n0lSSbqlVH85S1oHJaOFJs tWkiOsiGcQ7HTadz6TUwcJxK7jNj7B/L5KpXbZwA2i3jruaYXfo6820YWdiczFKafZ9w utmg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version :subject:date:references:to:in-reply-to:message-id; bh=igKNpG6K5oFEEcp3CUxMpnHPHdgYdLydHzSNI5K4K4I=; b=NHf3tjwm2DevpVo20EaIfSoQd/ptgLZWw95/elCYxBsPEajdN25KBRAkXLAHP9oBOo PpTEDNH+ES9GZ+9VkAFo6iyFVLLhSovOpaA7kXnVy7+it639mvjZCc5QTPPq4e/Ld3G9 CBrxez/vatmxBgumsRXVGme9oUq7Y93nyyBDghnXIfnFU3dADkStqFKESYaiShvoRlou NlBArqkNqQRXPw3YoTDOkOirNoKXg6UuLXnmMAa2vJCyh1c6Ct1WLgVprz9LzoITqnCc 6ujYCq399fi1HjWF081qSFtMJRv1nWJAjn2WbAuLXlmpN55WYv0bZarq7GSPfPpwT5KQ R2tQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532H6jN/B6BrjuH0U71+J4PJSyP9ylj4Xm8joI9/Elwlh3RZ4ucR /yPJJv/rESkVkbAPtUY+xI0o1EvYIxibqNcs X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyJi8k+coGehIlPLVUkO1Ob09LiiS20zgBJKnG4ZPe79ertfQ8JnfDsFSieEZxhvHEWR+oZ5Q== X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:82c7:: with SMTP id u7mr228446plz.310.1598130168981; Sat, 22 Aug 2020 14:02:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 107-215-223-226.lightspeed.sntcca.sbcglobal.net (107-215-223-226.lightspeed.sntcca.sbcglobal.net. [107.215.223.226]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id h65sm6358187pfb.210.2020.08.22.14.02.47 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 22 Aug 2020 14:02:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Bakul Shah Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.4 \(3445.104.15\)) Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 14:02:46 -0700 References: <202008220329.07M3ToZP041995@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: <202008220329.07M3ToZP041995@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.104.15) Subject: Re: [TUHS] bare m4 (was BTL summmer employees) 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: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Aug 21, 2020, at 8:29 PM, Doug McIlroy wrote: > > >>>> Even high-school employees could make lasting contributions. I am >>>> indebted to Steve for a technique he conceived during his first summer >>>> assignment: using macro definitions as if they were units of associative >>>> memory. This view of macros stimulated previously undreamed-of uses. >> >>> Can you give some examples of what this looked like? >> > > See attached for an answer to Arnold's question Reminds me of Church numerals & encoding. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_encoding