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 29521 invoked from network); 14 Jan 2021 05:00:17 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 14 Jan 2021 05:00:17 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id E22DA93E36; Thu, 14 Jan 2021 15:00:11 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 541C093D3C; Thu, 14 Jan 2021 14:59:35 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 5671A93D3C; Thu, 14 Jan 2021 14:59:31 +1000 (AEST) Received: from nsstlmta40p.bpe.bigpond.com (nsstlmta40p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.40]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0845293D39 for ; Thu, 14 Jan 2021 14:59:29 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.24.4]) by nsstlfep40p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20210114045927.JXLD9669.nsstlfep40p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Thu, 14 Jan 2021 15:59:27 +1100 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedukedrtdeggdejjecutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfupfevtfgpvffgnffuvffttedpqfgfvfenuceurghilhhouhhtmecugedttdenucenucfjughrpeffhffvufgjkfhffgggtgesthdttddttdervdenucfhrhhomhepffgrvhgvucfjohhrshhfrghllhcuoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeffhfettdevffeiiefhleelfeduieejgfefjeelveetjedutdeiieetkeeffeejvdenucffohhmrghinheprggtmhdrohhrghenucfkphepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhephhgvlhhopegrnhgvuhhrihhnrdhhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrghdpihhnvghtpeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefpdhmrghilhhfrhhomhepoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqedprhgtphhtthhopeeothhuhhhssehtuhhhshdrohhrgheq 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 5FE6CD1405F2FF03 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2021 15:59:27 +1100 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 10E4xQZA090162 for ; Thu, 14 Jan 2021 15:59:26 +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 10E4xQ0S090159 for ; Thu, 14 Jan 2021 15:59:26 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 15:59:25 +1100 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: 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] ACM Fellow, Ken Thompson 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 Wed, 13 Jan 2021, Royce Williams wrote: > Congratulations to Ken Thompson, the newly-minted ACM Fellow: > > https://awards.acm.org/award_winners/thompson_4588371 > (It seemed of historical interest, and therefore on-topic. :) ) Congratubloodylations, as we say down-under; it is well-deserved. Without Unix I'd probably still be supporting RSX-11 and VMS etc; their foray into Unix (Eunice) was doomed. An exchange with my then boss: Me: "Eunice makes VMS look civilised". He: "You mean it looks like Unix". Me: "That's what I said". As you can imagine the conversation went downhill from there :-) -- Dave