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=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 21968 invoked from network); 12 Nov 2022 17:10:47 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 12 Nov 2022 17:10:47 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A5F941DFC; Sun, 13 Nov 2022 03:10:12 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp2-g21.free.fr (smtp2-g21.free.fr [212.27.42.2]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6887141DFA for ; Sun, 13 Nov 2022 03:10:07 +1000 (AEST) Received: from tarentaine.gentiane.org (unknown [2.3.108.147]) (Authenticated sender: miod@free.fr) by smtp2-g21.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 97FED2003C1; Sat, 12 Nov 2022 18:09:33 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (tarentaine.gentiane.org [local]) by tarentaine.gentiane.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPA id 39f89806; Sat, 12 Nov 2022 17:09:33 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2022 17:09:32 +0000 From: Miod Vallat To: arnold@skeeve.com Message-ID: References: <202211121652.2ACGq6Pf015000@freefriends.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <202211121652.2ACGq6Pf015000@freefriends.org> X-Grumpyness-Level: Low X-Quack: quack! Message-ID-Hash: GVRYLRWVENMBK3KD5NDTSGEWJF7HO6G6 X-Message-ID-Hash: GVRYLRWVENMBK3KD5NDTSGEWJF7HO6G6 X-MailFrom: miod@online.fr 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: tuhs@tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: DG UNIX History List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: > There was a guy who worked at DG and contributed a lot of the Motorola > 88000 code to GCC whose name I don't remember, although I met him > at a USENIX. If someone else remembers who this is, maybe he can > be tracked down for more info. I suppose you're referring to Tom Wood here? > P.S. For the youngsters here who've never heard of it, I highly > recommend Tracy Kidder's "The Soul of a New Machine" about the > development of the Eclipse. (https://www.amazon.com/Soul-New-Machine-Tracy-Kidder/dp/0316491977/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+soul+of+a+new+machine+by+tracy+kidder&qid=1668271720&sprefix=the+soul+of+a+new%2Caps%2C233&sr=8-1). > > It was originally written in 1982 - 40 years ago! Seconded - definitely a must read; even if technology has evolved a lot since then, management and human factors have not. Miod