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On 27 February 2012 14:27, Florian Philipp <lists@×××××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> Am 27.02.2012 15:04, schrieb Claudio Roberto França Pereira: |
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>> I'm reading Writing Solid Code, by Steve Maguire, and at the end of |
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>> the book there is an about the author section that mentions two |
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>> contact addresses: one is an email, the other is |
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>> microsoft!storm!stevem. The book is from 1993, so that should be an |
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>> old address, for an old protocol. So what? That's not enough for my |
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>> curiosity. Anyone does know where this came from? |
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>> -- |
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>> Claudio Roberto França Pereira |
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> |
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> That's a bang path from UUCP. |
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uucp |
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"Bang paths of eight to ten machines (or hops) were not uncommon in |
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1981, and late-night dial-up UUCP links would cause week-long |
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transmission times. " |
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<shudder> |
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