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   by pmcjones 2y ago

   More StarLisp items: https://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/LISP/parallel#...
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   by pmcjones 2y ago

   Also the New OED project: https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~fwtompa/newoed-project.html
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   by pmcjones 2y ago

   I worked for Jack Perrine at Athena Programming on the Fortran V runtime as a student intern my senior year in high school (1967). In 2011 he donated a number of manuals and listings of the compiler to the Computer History Museum: https:&#
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   by pmcjones 2y ago

   The 8087 was also designed there. (Professor William Kahan was a consultant who worked with the Intel team and provided key algorithms.)
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   by pmcjones 2y ago

   The paper notes: "Thus, an annual conference called 'Computers and Their Applications' was organized. It is interesting to note that the third edition of that conference, held in 1961, featured lectures by professors John McC
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   by pmcjones 2y ago

   And here is Paul Kimpel's story about how he got that compiler running (or at least limping) on his B205 emulator: https://datatron.blogspot.com/2015/11/knuths-algol-58-compil...
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   by pmcjones 2y ago

   Here's a tech report Gordon wrote: Out of a Closet: The Early Years of Years of The Computer [X] Museums https://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=147... And here's a website he created to
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   by pmcjones 2y ago

   I beat the bushes for the source code, documenting my finds ( https://mcjones.org/dustydecks/archives/category/lisp/ ) and posting them ( https://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/L
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   by pmcjones 2y ago

   Mike Schuster, who by the way is a superb programmer.
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    by pmcjones 2y ago

    Adobe has the only copy, and they have donated early versions of PostScript ( https://computerhistory.org/blog/postscript-a-digital-printi... ) and Photoshop; people should ask Adobe to release more. Everything I find in
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    by pmcjones 2y ago

    In the aughts I worked at Adobe and spent time trying to archive the source code for Photoshop, Illustrator, PostScript, and other apps. Thomas Knoll's original Mac floppy disk backups were available, so I brought in my Mac Plus, with
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    by pmcjones 2y ago

    I wonder what ChatGPT would say about it.
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    by pmcjones 2y ago

    That's to replace the original deal from 2018 that the Delaware court invalidated.
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    by pmcjones 2y ago

    But Waymo can't yet offer commercial service on freeways.
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    by pmcjones 2y ago

    The book was included in the ACM's Classic Book series, but a free PDF was not available until now. Backstory here: https://mcjones.org/dustydecks/john-allen-1937-2022-and-anat...
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    Anatomy of Lisp by John Allen(dl.acm.org)

    4 points by pmcjones 2y ago|3 comments
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    by pmcjones 2y ago

    I've had a book on Lulu for almost 5 years, and that hasn't happened yet.
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    by pmcjones 3y ago

    Thanks again; added that (and fixed up previous edit fat-fingering).
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    by pmcjones 3y ago

    Thanks; I added citations for both of those.
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    by pmcjones 3y ago

    More on YKTLISP (and its predecessor) here: https://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/LISP/ibm_lisp_...
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    by pmcjones 3y ago

    Did anyone notice the fib function on the first page? It doesn't terminate: fib :: Nat->Nat fib 0 = 0 fib 1 = 1 fib (n+2) = fib (n+1) + fib (n+2) The last line should be fib (n+2) = fib (n+1) + fib (n). The published version seems t
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    by pmcjones 3y ago

    I'm the editor of that document, and happy to answer questions.
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    by pmcjones 3y ago

    Lots of Prolog history here: https://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/prolog/
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    by pmcjones 3y ago

    Nitrogen: you’re breathing it right now.
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    by pmcjones 3y ago

    The 911 will be 60 in 2024.
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    by pmcjones 3y ago

    Is it inspired by the baobab trees in Antoine de Saint Exupéry‘s _The Little Prince_? See page 15 of https://blogs.ubc.ca/edcp508/files/2016/02/TheLittlePrince.p...
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    by pmcjones 3y ago

    Note it's normal for ISS "junk" to be burned up in returning cargo ships, but getting photos is not so common.
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    ISS astronauts watch Russian cargo ship burn up in Earth's atmosphere(space.com)

    5 points by pmcjones 3y ago|1 comments
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    by pmcjones 3y ago

    Larry Masinter is playing a central role.
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    by pmcjones 3y ago

    Lots of information here: https://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/FORTRAN/