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<div>From "George Michaelson" <<a href="mailto:ggm@algebras.org">ggm@algebras.org</a>></div>
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<div>Date 3/11/2025 12:14:56 AM</div>
<div>Subject [TUHS] Re: What would early alternatives to C have been?</div></div><div x-em-quote=""><br /></div>
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<div dir="ltr">Is nobody going to tell stories about the #define of Bourne Shell fame?<div><br /></div><div>-G </div></div>
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