Re: Real floklore -- a computer joke

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From: Wm E. Davidsen Jr
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 1989 02:36

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In article <3...@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> jo...@pyrite.cs.uiowa.edu (Douglas W. Jones,201H MLH,3193350740,3193382879) writes:

| I think there was once a system called CHAOS (an operating system, judging
| by the trailing OS), and of course, this joke alludes more literally to the
| role of programmers in creating chaos.

CHAOS is an OS for a LISP environment, among other things.
-- 
	bill davidsen - sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX
davidsen@sixhub.uucp		...!uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen

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Subject: Re: Real floklore -- a computer joke
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Date: 25 Dec 89 02:36:20 GMT
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