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From: Curt Sampson
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 1990 15:50

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> pk...@axion.bt.co.uk writes:
> 
>         ... and wasn't the debugger on TOP-20 called `ddt' !!

The debugger in CP/M was called DDT.  It allegedly stood for "Dynamic Debugging
Tool."  Yeah, right.  :-)

cjs
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From: a577@mindlink.UUCP (Curt Sampson)
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Subject: Re: Strange and wonderful prog names (was Re: Worst error me
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Date: 28 Sep 90 15:50:24 GMT
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