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* Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com> [120227 11:49]: |
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> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Todd Goodman <tsg@×××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> > * Claudio Roberto Fran?a Pereira <spideybr@×××××.com> [120227 08:35]: |
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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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> > As others have said it's a "bang path" for UUCP routing. |
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> > It was used for mail routing even when not strictly using UUCP as well. |
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> > This was before such thing as DNS and you got to pass around host tables |
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> > (/etc/hosts) which contained all known hosts and their IP addresses. |
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> Predates me somewhat, but I believe UUCP operated over DUN/direct |
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> serial without the IP layer, as well. |
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Yep. |
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Todd |