19 Oct
2019
19 Oct
'19
4:14 a.m.
On 2019-10-19 2:08 a.m., Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
This is why I love hearing, so often, on these lists, "I have that
stored in the basement somewhere".
--Toby
On Oct 18, 2019, at 9:03 PM, Mark Linimon via
cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 03:41:51PM -0600, ben via cctalk wrote:
Reported that sort of thing is just what happened with the hand-written complete source
code of the world's first ALGOL compiler -- the notebook was tossed during an office
move or the like because no one present realized what it was.
paul
where as back then you made notes and paper
printouts of your code
that got archived in a back room.
Until the University decided to throw it all out to use the space
for their new Department of Basket Weaving.