From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 4bd4f0f2 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2019 00:19:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 138A293D33; Thu, 10 Jan 2019 10:19:31 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69C7993D07; Thu, 10 Jan 2019 10:19:14 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 0A7AB93D07; Thu, 10 Jan 2019 10:19:12 +1000 (AEST) Received: from viclamta17p.bpe.bigpond.com (viclamta17p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.81]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C52EF93D06 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2019 10:19:10 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.26.4]) by viclafep17p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20190110001908.INND29284.viclafep17p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2019 11:19:08 +1100 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedtledrfedvgddulecutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfupfevtfgpvffgnffuvfftteenuceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucenucfjughrpeffhffvuffkfgggtgesthdttddttdervdenucfhrhhomhepffgrvhgvucfjohhrshhfrghllhcuoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqeenucfkphepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffeenucfrrghrrghmpehhvghloheprghnvghurhhinhdrhhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgpdhinhgvthepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffedpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpeeouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqpdhrtghpthhtohepoehtuhhhshesthhuhhhsrdhorhhgqeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedt X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (9.0.019.26-1) id 5BB3FBB611797809 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Thu, 10 Jan 2019 11:19:08 +1100 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id x0A0J61N076928 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2019 11:19:06 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id x0A0J5sT076925 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2019 11:19:06 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 11:19:05 +1100 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [TUHS] Knuth and Unix 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" Time for a new thread :-) As today is Knuth's birthday (posted over in COFF), I was wondering (in the cesspool that is my mind) how much of Unix would have been influenced by Knuth? We have qsort() of course (which Hoare actually wrote, based on one of Knuth's algorithms), but I'm guessing that Ken and Dennis would have been familiar with his work? Or am I spreading fake news again? :-) Look, I love being corrected if I make a mistake on a technical mailing list, so fire at will if need be... -- Dave