10 Dec
2022
10 Dec
'22
12:54 p.m.
On Fri, Dec 9, 2022 at 4:50 PM Marc Donner <marc.donner(a)gmail.com> wrote:
(Recently I mentioned to Doug McIlroy that I had infiltrated IBM East
Fishkill, reputedly one of the largest semiconductor
fabs in the world,
with UNIX back in the 1980s. He suggested that I write it up and share it
here, so here it is.)
Some editions of the Jargon File contain an entry for _branch to Fishkill_,
defined as "Any unexpected jump in a program that produces catastrophic or
just plain weird results" and attributed to IBM. Are you familiar with
this term? Did it have a specific reference within IBM?
In any case, this is a great story!