[TUHS] End of an era: the last ATC (USENIX Annual Technical Conference)

[Cameron Míċeál Tyre via TUHS]

Hello Brantley,

Really enjoyed reading your recollections, thank you!
I guess, if no-one asks me if there's anything I want for my upcoming birthday,
I will get hold of a copy of "Software Tools" myself.

I  found a list of former members of 1127 which includes where many of 
them went to afterward: http://spinroot.com/gerard/1127_alumni.html
It makes interesting reading, at least for a newcomer like me.

Best regards,

Cameron


On Wednesday, July 16th, 2025 at 1:53 PM, Brantley Coile <brantley at coraid.com> wrote:

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> Behind the glass wall in the basement of the University of Georgia graduate studies building, was the wide floor of the computer center and behind that was the office of one of my mentors, Bob Stearms. As he typed PL/1 into his 3278 terminal--channel connected no less--I spied a plain white book sitting on a shelf in his book case with an orange title "SOFTWARE TOOLS." I picked it up and flipped through it. It was 1980, the first year of my marriage.
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> "What's this?", I asked as I pick up the volume and started flipping through it.
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> "It's from the Unix guys. They wrote a pre-processor for FORTRAN and called it Ratfor. Then they wrote a bunch of the Unix programs in it."
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> "Can I borrow it?"
> 
> "Sure."
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> I changed my life. I still use what I learned from it forty-five years later. And still very happily married to the bride of my youth.
> 
> After Bob passed away, Frieda gave me that volume. It's one of my prized possessions.
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> Forget Unix and C. The biggest research achievement to come out of 1127 was a clear understanding of how to program.
> 
> Brantley