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 051e4c6e for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2019 23:52:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id AB8D894672; Fri, 11 Jan 2019 09:52:35 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67FBD94666; Fri, 11 Jan 2019 09:52:20 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 7193C94666; Fri, 11 Jan 2019 09:52:18 +1000 (AEST) Received: from viclamta35p.bpe.bigpond.com (viclamta35p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.99]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 39DC993D29 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2019 09:52:17 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.26.4]) by viclafep35p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20190110235214.GNMN26683.viclafep35p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:52:14 +1100 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedtledrfeeggddufecutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfupfevtfgpvffgnffuvfftteenuceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucenucfjughrpeffhffvuffkfgggtgesthdttddttdervdenucfhrhhomhepffgrvhgvucfjohhrshhfrghllhcuoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqeenucfkphepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffeenucfrrghrrghmpehhvghloheprghnvghurhhinhdrhhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgpdhinhgvthepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffedpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpeeouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqpdhrtghpthhtohepoehtuhhhshesthhuhhhsrdhorhhgqeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedt X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (9.0.019.26-1) id 5BB3FB5011A4A95F for tuhs@tuhs.org; Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:52:14 +1100 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id x0ANqDFT088030 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:52:13 +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 x0ANqCAC088027 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:52:13 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:52:12 +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; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: [TUHS] Happy birthday, C.A.R. Hoare! 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" [Not sure whether this is more appropriate for COFF instead, so it's here; advice (apart from STFU) gratefully accepted.) Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare FRS FREng was born on this day in 1934; a computer pioneer (one of the greats) he gave us things like the quicksort algorithm (which became qsort() in Unix) and ALGOLW (a neat language). -- Dave