[TUHS] On computerese

[Wesley Parish]

Every computer geek knows his/her cat is the Computer Purry Furr-all ... 
don't say you weren't warned! :)

Wesley Parish

On 16/09/24 07:36, Ron Natalie wrote:
> Before I got hooked on UNIX in 1977, I used a Univac Exec8 system.
> You “cataloged” (created) a file with the @CAT command.
> Other, file operations were done by the File Utility Routine/Program 
> Utility Routine:  FURPUR
> (sort of like pip on steroids).
>
> I decided that if I ever got a CAT, it would be named FURPUR.   That 
> happened when I was working for Rutgers.   Not having any UNIVACs 
> around, the name escaped notice until the EE department hired a guy 
> from the University of Maryland who says “You have a cat named FURPUR?”
>
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