27 Sep
2024
27 Sep
'24
11:42 p.m.
Clem Cole:
Interesting -- 'Jason' had always been a Pascal hacker when the strip was
first created. As I recall, Berkeley Breathed had Wendell (his hacker
character) comment on that during the time of Pascal/C Wars.
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But Jason later was revealed to be wearing Unix underpants:
https://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2002/02/25
Norman Wilson
Toronto ON
28 Sep
28 Sep
1:46 a.m.
New subject: Classic FoxTrot cartoon
This is an example of the essential historical notes that can be learned
from the TUHS mailing list. Should we add these to the documentation
section of the archive so future generations don't forget them?
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On Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 1:43 PM Norman Wilson <norman(a)oclsc.org> wrote:
Clem Cole:
Interesting -- 'Jason' had always been a Pascal hacker when the strip was
first created. As I recall, Berkeley Breathed had Wendell (his hacker
character) comment on that during the time of Pascal/C Wars.
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But Jason later was revealed to be wearing Unix underpants:
https://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2002/02/25
Norman Wilson
Toronto ON
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