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Article #4701Re: Strange and wonderful prog names (was Re: Worst error messages...)
From: se... Seth Breidbart
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 1990 17:54
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 1990 17:54
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In article <58...@rtech.Ingres.COM> reb@squid.UUCP (Phydeaux) writes: >In article <1990Sep2...@axion.bt.co.uk> PK...@axion.bt.co.uk writes: >> ... and wasn't the debugger on TOP-20 called `ddt' !! > >DDT - Dynamic Debugging Tool > >I seem to recall this from CP/M or HDOS (the Heath Disk Operating System), >I think there was one in Tops-20 too ;-) ;-) ;-) > reb I first ran into DDT on the PDP-1 (yes, "1". Serial #6, in fact.) Back then, it was claimed to stand for "DEC Debugging Tape". /Seth se...@fir.morgan.com
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!sunic!hagbard!eru!bloom-beacon!bu.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!uunet!mstan!fido!sethb From: se...@fido.morgan.com (Seth Breidbart) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Strange and wonderful prog names (was Re: Worst error messages...) Message-ID: <1842@s5.Morgan.COM> Date: 2 Oct 90 17:54:03 GMT References: <45094@apple.Apple.COM> <2288@opus.cs.mcgill.ca> <1990Sep26.124934.9580@cs.utk.edu> <2296@opus.cs.mcgill.ca> <1990Sep28.164046@axion.bt.co.uk> <5840@rtech.Ingres.COM> Sender: ne...@Morgan.COM Organization: Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc / New York City, NY Lines: 16 Posted: Tue Oct 2 18:54:03 1990 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit