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Article #934Re: notable computer stories in fiction and the media
From: GE... Gehri Grimaud
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1990 16:34
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1990 16:34
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In article <13...@scorn.sco.COM>, dav...@sco.COM (David Vangerov) writes: > 2) Rick Cook wrote a fantasy novel called "Wizard's Bane" that features > such fun things as Emacs, C, Unix. it mentions *sizeof* specifically > (put in boldface). later on in the book we get R^2D^2, find, a passwd > cracker, some stuff that looks like C, or maybe Lisp, Emac(s), grep, > $ prompt, cd, slash, backslash, and other stuff common in Unix. the > story centers around a guy who is magically transported into another > world where magic reins supreme, and there is no technology. he has > nickname of Wiz, which is why he was called into the other world to > help fight evil magic. eventually he invents a magic compiler to help > in this. very intersting novel. A sequel has been released by Rick Cook. It is "The Wizardy Compiled". I liked the bit when he ran his maigc "program"; it created a demon. It is much fun. -- =============================================================================== Gehri Grimaud ge...@cc.usu.edu Utah State University gehri@usu.bitnet Office of Computer Services tel. (801) 750-2392 UMC 3700 Logan, Utah 84322 "It's spelled Gehri Grimaud, but it is pronounced Throat Warbler Mangrove" ===============================================================================
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