Thanks! Nice to be reminded that there was a time when everything had to be figured out. Even now, of course. 

On Monday, August 29, 2016, Nelson H. F. Beebe <beebe@math.utah.edu> wrote:
The latest issue of the IEEE Annals of Computing was published
electronically today, and it has an article that I expect many
TUHS list readers will enjoy reading:

        Notes on the History of Fork and Join
        http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MAHC.2016.34

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