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Article #807Re: TECO on a DEC-System 10
From: sha... Sharon Fisher
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1990 02:42
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1990 02:42
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In article <11...@csli.Stanford.EDU> j...@csli.stanford.edu (John Kallen) writes: >According to 'The Hacker's Dictionary', SOS was the acronym for >'Son Of Stopgap'. The original editor, Stopgap, apparently was a quick >hack that became a regular feature. The Dictionary describes SOS >(and Stopgap) in a somewhat... negative manner :-) Gee, I liked it. Of course, I hadn't used much else at that point. A friend of mine later went on to write GOS (Grandson of Stopgap). -- I already have a boyfriend, so you needn't talk to me or send me e-mail if you consider that "wasting your time."
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!hoptoad!asylum!sharon From: sha...@asylum.SF.CA.US (Sharon Fisher) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: TECO on a DEC-System 10 Message-ID: <9536@asylum.SF.CA.US> Date: 12 Jan 90 02:42:03 GMT References: <1990Jan9.135247.894@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> <1215@kl-cs.UUCP> <11680@csli.Stanford.EDU> Reply-To: sharon@asylum.UUCP (Sharon Fisher) Organization: The Asylum; Belmont, CA Lines: 12 Posted: Fri Jan 12 03:42:03 1990 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit