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 22709 invoked from network); 17 Feb 2021 04:17:11 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 17 Feb 2021 04:17:11 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id B59E49CA9A; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 14:17:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 095C19B966; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 14:16:28 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id B3DCE9B966; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 14:14:07 +1000 (AEST) Received: from nsstlmta29p.bpe.bigpond.com (nsstlmta29p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.29]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C691E9B95A for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 14:14:06 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.24.4]) by nsstlfep29p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20210217041404.CRLI27199.nsstlfep29p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:14:04 +1100 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduledrjedugdeiiecutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfupfevtfgpvffgnffuvffttedpqfgfvfenuceurghilhhouhhtmecugedttdenucenucfjughrpeffhffvufgjkfhffgggtgesthdttddttdervdenucfhrhhomhepffgrvhgvucfjohhrshhfrghllhcuoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeekieetjeeuuefhfeeguedvudeifeevudfgvedtffekhfffjeekhfdutdetheethfenucfkphepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhephhgvlhhopegrnhgvuhhrihhnrdhhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrghdpihhnvghtpeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefpdhmrghilhhfrhhomhepoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqedprhgtphhtthhopeeothhuhhhssehtuhhhshdrohhrgheq 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 5FE6CCD00ED779AC for tuhs@tuhs.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:14:04 +1100 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 11H4E4tU046476 for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:14:04 +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 11H4E4Tj046473 for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:14:04 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:14:03 +1100 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <1607711516.31417164@apps.rackspace.com> <30368.1613327707837544705@groups.io> <3803.1613457083@hop.toad.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] Fwd: [multicians] History of C (with Multics reference) 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, 16 Feb 2021, John Cowan wrote: > In particular, doing gotos by assigning to a variable is very old-school > APL. I spent a fun year with APL\360 in CompSci, but could you please elaborate on that? I know; this is an ASCII window on my MacBook so you won't be able to show the code :-) ObOF: Some joker once pinned an 80-column card with APL on it (yes, it can be done) with a job card behind it to the Computer Centre's notice board; under it was the inscription "Who said that APL programs weren't transparent?" -- Dave, who enjoyed that write-only language