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=1.5 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,URIBL_DBL_SPAM autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 19100 invoked from network); 5 Jan 2022 21:16:27 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 5 Jan 2022 21:16:27 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 0BD369C714; Thu, 6 Jan 2022 07:16:21 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F37959C6E6; Thu, 6 Jan 2022 07:16:00 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=messagingengine.com header.i=@messagingengine.com header.b="UiD7jTFW"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 0EAE59C6E5; Thu, 6 Jan 2022 07:15:58 +1000 (AEST) Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com (out1-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 75F6E94A6B for ; Thu, 6 Jan 2022 07:15:57 +1000 (AEST) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81B5A5C00A7 for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2022 16:15:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 05 Jan 2022 16:15:56 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=PVLx2u bo1cdiek+2Fm+aZaaic7GV+InJzGV4aw5vetI=; b=UiD7jTFWINnPparFTN2vSq JiYsibkmjpZ+INYfOaeYAI4dg1vIlYVu8kqHr74Mr6ghQ/eQM3ExdZnlsJGXEbEv wKCoU6pQShgNaR9h3wj8gl+0/lOa33/b4xaetdrpJIYjuonuxAg+88JiJiVlmZh2 D2xD3al3Szvig5z3vmUAKiN+bWT4P7vWiaKT7WY48RxjdOWdwULDan/i98mDGv6l /4PpetOLyFhYo6027rxzZkM+d/FEhK3Vxy/qAWoXzQmAzKvjaygAB7pTwoBnotXg nGi6LkMk+PsrOsXsMymKW/yVBqKbD26/V9+YnsB4rJ30KD+BX8Z37ILKt+Cw9HEw == X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvuddrudefjedgiedvucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmne goufhushhpvggtthffohhmrghinhculdegledmnecujfgurhepfffhvffujgfkfhggtges thdtredttddtvdenucfhrhhomhepvfhonhihucfhihhntghhuceoughothesughothgrth drrghtqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeehkeefueejveekhfehleehudffhfevudevfffg heeffeejgfefgeeiveelfefhffenucffohhmrghinhepfihikhhiphgvughirgdrohhrgh dpugigrdgrmhdpughothgrthdrrghtnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghr rghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomhepughothesughothgrthdrrght X-ME-Proxy: Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2022 16:15:55 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2022 21:15:53 +0000 From: Tony Finch To: TUHS main list In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: [TUHS] roff(7) 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" In Cambridge there was a local roff-alike called GCAL that ran on Phoenix (the IBM mainframe). It was written by Philip Hazel, who went on to write Exim and PCRE. The Exim documentation and books were prepared using SGCAL, the Unix port of GCAL. (I don't know what the S stood for: son of? successor?) GCAL used roff-like initial-dot line commands. I found out recently that GCAL's name is also based on roff, and at the same time it followed Phoenix's bird-based naming scheme (eagle the scheduler, jackdaw the database system, pigeon the mailer). GCAL is short for geococcyx californianus, aka the roadrunner, which (after an encounter with a coyote) is known to run off. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_(computer) http://quercite.dx.am/ Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch https://dotat.at/ East Sole, Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea: Variable 2 to 4 becoming southerly 6 to gale 8, perhaps severe gale 9 later in Irish Sea, veering westerly later. Slight or moderate, becoming rough or very rough in Lundy and Irish Sea, and very rough or high elsewhere. Rain or showers. Good, occasionally poor.