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 32609 invoked from network); 1 Dec 2020 20:14:25 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 1 Dec 2020 20:14:25 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id D3CD99493E; Wed, 2 Dec 2020 06:14:21 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69EB394915; Wed, 2 Dec 2020 06:13:51 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 00DED94904; Wed, 2 Dec 2020 06:13:47 +1000 (AEST) Received: from nsstlmta06p.bpe.bigpond.com (nsstlmta06p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.6]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C972594843 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2020 06:13:46 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.24.4]) by nsstlfep06p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20201201201344.LQWW22421.nsstlfep06p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2020 07:13:44 +1100 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedujedrudeivddgudefjecutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfupfevtfgpvffgnffuvffttedpqfgfvfenuceurghilhhouhhtmecugedttdenucenucfjughrpeffhffvufgjkfhffgggtgesthdttddttdervdenucfhrhhomhepffgrvhgvucfjohhrshhfrghllhcuoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeekieetjeeuuefhfeeguedvudeifeevudfgvedtffekhfffjeekhfdutdetheethfenucfkphepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhephhgvlhhopegrnhgvuhhrihhnrdhhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrghdpihhnvghtpeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefpdhmrghilhhfrhhomhepoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqedprhgtphhtthhopeeothhuhhhssehtuhhhshdrohhrgheq 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 5F73BFB01721AE18 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Wed, 2 Dec 2020 07:13:44 +1100 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 0B1KDiK0090849 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2020 07:13:44 +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 0B1KDgbO090846 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2020 07:13:44 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2020 07:13:42 +1100 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: <15511090.6330.1606835354160.JavaMail.root@zimbraanteil> Message-ID: References: <15511090.6330.1606835354160.JavaMail.root@zimbraanteil> 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] The UNIX Command Language (1976) 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, 1 Dec 2020, Jim Capp wrote: > Is it possible the elimination of the GOTO statement in the Bourne > Shellwas related to a Letter to the Editor in Communications of the ACM, > March 1968: "Go To Statement Considered Harmful," by E. Dijkstra. And then there was the story of Professor Goto (a Japanese citizen and computer bod) who complained that everyone was trying to eliminate him :-) -- Dave