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, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 15242 invoked from network); 10 Aug 2020 00:48:53 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 10 Aug 2020 00:48:53 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 0BB229B6BC; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 10:48:47 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 511AE9B5D6; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 10:48:10 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 739B39B5D6; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 10:48:06 +1000 (AEST) Received: from viclamta03p.bpe.bigpond.com (viclamta03p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.67]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1B7C99B5C7 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 10:48:04 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.26.4]) by viclafep03p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20200810004802.ZFKT31393.viclafep03p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 10:48:02 +1000 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduiedrkeejgdefkecutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfupfevtfgpvffgnffuvffttedpqfgfvfenuceurghilhhouhhtmecugedttdenucenucfjughrpeffhffvufgjkfhffgggtgesthdttddttdervdenucfhrhhomhepffgrvhgvucfjohhrshhfrghllhcuoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeekieetjeeuuefhfeeguedvudeifeevudfgvedtffekhfffjeekhfdutdetheethfenucfkphepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhephhgvlhhopegrnhgvuhhrihhnrdhhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrghdpihhnvghtpeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefpdhmrghilhhfrhhomhepoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqedprhgtphhtthhopeeothhuhhhssehtuhhhshdrohhrgheq 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 (5.8.420) id 5E8A564B1603F586 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 10:48:02 +1000 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 07A0m2H3004230 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 10:48:02 +1000 (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 07A0m1vL004227 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 10:48:02 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 10:48:00 +1000 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: <202008021340.072Demtg086822@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> Message-ID: References: <202008021340.072Demtg086822@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> 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] BTL summer 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 Sun, 2 Aug 2020, 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. I'd like to see an example or two of that... Of course, if you want to see macros etc abused, then take a look at the Obfuscated C Code Contest :-) -- Dave