[TUHS] SNOBOL and RATSNO

[Rob Pike]

I think both factors were relevant, as well as the preciousness and pace of
it all, as discussed by others here.

-rob


On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 1:15 AM Andrew Hume <andrew at humeweb.com> wrote:

> rob, clem:
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> has there been a shift in ability? or is this more likely a sampling bias
> (because there were so many fewer programmers then)?
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> On Aug 9, 2022, at 6:34 AM, Clem Cole <clemc at ccc.com> wrote:
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> On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 2:12 AM Rob Pike <robpike at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>
>> I still marvel at the productivity and precision of his generation of
>> programmers.
>>
> Amen.
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