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=-0.8 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 929147a3 for ; Tue, 7 Jan 2020 22:57:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id D1A709BCD6; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 08:56:58 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 382CC9BCAB; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 08:56:32 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 381BF9BCAB; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 08:56:30 +1000 (AEST) Received: from viclamta31p.bpe.bigpond.com (viclamta31p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.95]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6634F9BCA9 for ; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 08:56:29 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.26.4]) by viclafep31p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20200107225627.GTDS5522.viclafep31p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 09:56:27 +1100 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedufedrvdehjedgtdefucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuuffpveftpgfvgffnuffvtfetpdfqfgfvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemucegtddtnecunecujfgurhepfffhvffujgfkfhgfgggtsehttddttddtredvnecuhfhrohhmpeffrghvvgcujfhorhhsfhgrlhhluceouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqnecukfhppeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefnecurfgrrhgrmhephhgvlhhopegrnhgvuhhrihhnrdhhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrghdpihhnvghtpeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefpdhmrghilhhfrhhomhepoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqedprhgtphhtthhopeeothhuhhhssehtuhhhshdrohhrgheqnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptd X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (5.8.418) id 5DF700CC03AD0FA6 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 09:56:27 +1100 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 007MuQ42079498 for ; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 09:56:26 +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 007MuQaS079495 for ; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 09:56:26 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 09:56:26 +1100 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: <8E00CE76-B57C-4077-8768-63DF27BBE246@bitblocks.com> Message-ID: References: <8E00CE76-B57C-4077-8768-63DF27BBE246@bitblocks.com> 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: Re: [TUHS] # (was Re: sh: cmd | >file) 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 Tue, 7 Jan 2020, Bakul Shah wrote: > In Algol68 # ... # is one of the forms for block comments! Interesting... All we had at university though was ALGOL W (as far as I know; there were several languages that mere students could not use, such as FORTRAN H). -- Dave