{"id":1905,"date":"2007-04-09T18:54:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-09T18:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isplotchy.com\/blog\/?p=1905"},"modified":"2013-05-04T01:52:20","modified_gmt":"2013-05-04T01:52:20","slug":"it-was-25-years-ago-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isplotchy.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/it-was-25-years-ago-today\/","title":{"rendered":"It Was 25 Years Ago Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Day In Usenet History:  April 9, 1982<br \/>(according to a Google Groups search)<\/p>\n<p>It was all in place, folks, lo those many moons ago.<br \/>UNIX, Deadheads and Leprechauns.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/net.games.rogue\/browse_thread\/thread\/a2033d2dd0127293\/713bdb470146ae6c?lnk=st&#038;q=&#038;rnum=1&#038;hl=en#713bdb470146ae6c\">Negative gold<\/a><br \/>Group:  <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/net.games.rogue?lnk=sg&#038;hl=en\">net.games.rogue<\/a><br \/>First off , my thanks to Ken et.al. for providing us with 5.2. I have but one flame. It seems that a lot of the gold at lower levels, particularly any dropped by Leprechauns, 1. produces no message &#8230; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/isplotchy.com\/blog\/\">thoughts on a vi quiz<\/a><br \/>Group:  <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/fa.editor-p?lnk=sg&#038;hl=en\">fa.editor-p<\/a><br \/>From sdcsvax!draper@NPRDC Fri Apr 9 11:28:29 1982 Here are some comments on issues underlying Bill Mitchell&#8217;s recent quiz on vi &#8211; issues that are sort of obvious but perhaps would benefit from being raised explicitly. &#8230; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/net.lang.apl\/browse_thread\/thread\/a5be7182760877ce\/fb660fcb0c8cc3a3?lnk=st&#038;q=&#038;rnum=3&#038;hl=en#fb660fcb0c8cc3a3\">An APL quiz question<\/a><br \/>Group:  <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/net.lang.apl?lnk=sg&#038;hl=en\">net.lang.apl<\/a><br \/>The problem (changing a vector to a matrix with rows as separate words) is well-known. One solution appears in &#8220;APL: An Interactive Approach&#8221; by Gilman &#038; Rose. Still another appears in APL News, V. 2 No. 1 (1977) in the APL Play column. &#8230;<br \/>Apr 9 1982 by G:shal&#8230; &#8211; 2 messages &#8211; 2 authors<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/net.lang.apl\/browse_thread\/thread\/f55db8d590ba6a7c\/4b21d02b11d5232a?lnk=st&#038;q=&#038;rnum=4&#038;hl=en#4b21d02b11d5232a\">A UNIX APL<\/a>      <br \/>Group: <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/net.lang.apl?lnk=sg&#038;hl=en\">net.lang.apl<\/a><br \/>In reply to ihuxi!otto, I have used the APL here at Purdue EE, and it seems fairly good. The number quoted for concurrent users is a bit low. I have run APL while 45 other users were running APL &#8230;<br \/>Apr 9 1982 by pur-ee&#8230; &#8211; 1 message &#8211; 1 author<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/net.lang.apl\/browse_thread\/thread\/ebca96d64ad71d3f\/483c290a203b3fd9?lnk=st&#038;q=&#038;rnum=5&#038;hl=en#483c290a203b3fd9\">More on ASCII APL<\/a>      <br \/>Group: <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/net.lang.apl?lnk=sg&#038;hl=en\">net.lang.apl<\/a><br \/>I do not see that the problem mentioned by ihuxi!otto is a serious one, except for a special case that I will mention. First, each APL character is a single entity, even if it is formed on a conventional &#8230;<br \/>Apr 9 1982 by rabbit!&#8230; &#8211; 2 messages &#8211; 2 authors<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/net.general\/browse_thread\/thread\/17fca3fe46f90f04\/ab216a07245c318c?lnk=st&#038;q=&#038;rnum=6&#038;hl=en#ab216a07245c318c\">Run VMS Binaries<\/a>      <br \/>Group: <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/net.general?lnk=sg&#038;hl=en\">net.general<\/a><br \/>I should have known &#8230; I could only be a matter of time &#8230; I have a request for a method to run VMS binaries under 4.1BSD UNIX. Has anyone already done this, or even currently working on it? How about tried it and failed? &#8230; <br \/>Apr 9 1982 by pur-ee!mah&#8230; &#8211; 1 message &#8211; 1 author<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/net.lang.apl\/browse_thread\/thread\/bd06c9f172d22eb2\/e445cb1926615a60?lnk=st&#038;q=&#038;rnum=7&#038;hl=en#e445cb1926615a60\">Quiz time<\/a>      <br \/>Group: <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/net.lang.apl?lnk=sg&#038;hl=en\">net.lang.apl<\/a><br \/>A solution to this problem was given by Michael Halpern in his IBM technical report &#8220;Algebra, Scan, and Permutations&#8221;. I would be glad to mail copies of his functions to interested parties. \/Jeff &#8230;<br \/>Apr 9 1982 by G:shal&#8230; &#8211; 2 messages &#8211; 2 authors<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/net.lang.apl\/browse_thread\/thread\/b9990225d69d0450\/43e21f692afb28a3?lnk=st&#038;q=&#038;rnum=8&#038;hl=en#43e21f692afb28a3\">single elements vs. scalars<\/a>      <br \/>Group: <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/net.lang.apl?lnk=sg&#038;hl=en\">net.lang.apl<\/a><br \/>In regards to Ned Horvath&#8217;s comments of april 7. I don&#8217;t know of any primative scalar function that does not distinguise between scalars and degenerate, one element, higher order arrays. Anyone care to find one? charles honton (CWRU) <br \/>Apr 9 1982 by cwruecmp!hon&#8230; &#8211; 1 message &#8211; 1 author<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/net.music\/browse_thread\/thread\/ddbf1780f83487c7\/f9a4467b44ad87a1?lnk=st&#038;q=&#038;rnum=9&#038;hl=en#f9a4467b44ad87a1\">Dead Heads<\/a>      <br \/>Group: <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/net.music?lnk=sg&#038;hl=en\">net.music<\/a><br \/>I&#8217;m new to the net; is net.music where music lovers of the One True Religion hang out? If not, then where? <br \/>Apr 9 1982 by G:w&#8230; &#8211; 1 message &#8211; 1 author<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/net.math\/browse_thread\/thread\/21e661ce8e334537\/d2e46aeb4c48be31?lnk=st&#038;q=&#038;rnum=10&#038;hl=en#d2e46aeb4c48be31\">Whats a paradox?<\/a>      <br \/>Group: <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/net.math?lnk=sg&#038;hl=en\">net.math<\/a> <br \/>A very small clinic, of course. Sorry, I&#8217;ve been waiting years to use that joke in public. If you think I&#8217;m going to sign this&#8230;.. <br \/>Apr 9 1982 by eagle&#8230; &#8211; 2 messages &#8211; 2 authors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Day In Usenet History: April 9, 1982(according to a Google Groups search) It was all in place, folks, lo those many moons ago.UNIX, Deadheads and Leprechauns. Negative goldGroup: net.games.rogueFirst off , my thanks to Ken et.al. for providing us with 5.2. I have but one flame. 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