<div dir="ltr">That was a joke, Dan.<div><br></div><div>I've been programming for 58 years, and nobody has put in more bugs than me, I'm sure.<br><div><br></div><div>Marc</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 6:28 PM Dan Cross <<a href="mailto:crossd@gmail.com">crossd@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 8:12 PM Marc Rochkind <<a href="mailto:mrochkind@gmail.com" target="_blank">mrochkind@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 2:10 PM Dan Cross <<a href="mailto:crossd@gmail.com" target="_blank">crossd@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> I had heard a story once, that based on what you wrote today, I now<br>
>> think is apocryphal and never actually happened.<br>
>><br>
>> The story was that there was a bug in early SCCS where a source file<br>
>> had to be checked in twice before it could be (successfully) checked<br>
>> out. The bug was such that if one only checked it in once and tried to<br>
>> check it out, it would truncate the file. "Programmers using it just<br>
>> learned to check in twice."<br>
>><br>
>> I never used SCCS extensively, and certainly never observed that<br>
>> behavior, so chucked it up to the bug having been long fixed. As I<br>
>> mentioned above, I doubt it was ever there to begin with. A fun story,<br>
>> though.<br>
><br>
> This is completely ridiculous. No program I wrote ever had one of those bug things.<br>
<br>
Oh dear, I do hope no offense was taken. As I said, I firmly believe<br>
the story was apocryphal.<br>
<br>
The identity of the person from whom I heard it is probably known to<br>
at least some of the USENIX old school crew; I rather thought at the<br>
time they were under the impression that SCCS was the result of a<br>
large team, or perhaps some kind of fork.<br>
<br>
Anyway, I don't mean to belabor the point. Please accept my apologies<br>
if the story rubbed you the wrong way.<br>
<br>
- Dan C.<br>
</blockquote></div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><i>My new email address is <a href="mailto:mrochkind@gmail.com" target="_blank">mrochkind@gmail.com</a></i></div></div></div>