9 Aug
2022
9 Aug
'22
9:39 p.m.
On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 9:36 AM Clem Cole <clemc(a)ccc.com> wrote:
On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 2:12 AM Rob Pike <robpike(a)gmail.com> wrote:
If you don't know about Mel who wrote a cheating blackjack game for a drum
memory machine, read https://www.cs.utah.edu/~elb/folklore/mel.html And
the postscript.
I still marvel at the productivity and precision of his generation of
programmers.
Amen.
When I was first learning the ins and outs of the implementation of the
York/APL System for the 360, I was regaled with similar stories and hoped
that I could measure up to their standards.
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