Dan Cross <crossd@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 2, 2024 at 2:27 AM <arnold@skeeve.com> wrote:
> > Rik Farrow <rik@rikfarrow.com> wrote:
> > > And my comment about seeing code produced by programmers while doing sales
> > > support dates from 1990. This isn't something new,
> >
> > Also true. In the late 80s I was a sysadmin at Emory U. We had a
> > Vax connected to BITNET with funky hardware and UREP, the Unix RSCS
> > Emulation Program, from the University of Pennsylvania. Every time
> > I had to dive into that code, I felt like I needed a shower afterwards. :-)
>
> Uh oh, lest the UPenn alumni among us get angry (high, Ron!) I feel I
> must point out that UREP wasn't from the University of Pennsylvania,
> but rather, from The Pennsylvania State University (yes, "The" is part
> of the name). UPenn (upenn.edu) is an Ivy in Philly; Penn State
> (psu.edu) is a state school in University Park, which is next to State
> College (really, that's the name of the town) with satellite campuses
> scattered around the state.

Ooops. My bad. Thanks Dan, for the correction.

Either way, the code was awful. :-)