From: "Joe Barr" 

On Sun, 02 Mar 2003 17:43:29 +0000, Egan Orion wrote:

> The responses to my Egan's Law piece were interesting and... stretching.
> Thank you, everyone.
>
> So here's another one, which leans on a classic Neal Stephenson essay to
> recommend sampling Eric Raymond's book "The Art of Unix Programming".
>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=8065
>
> There's a personal aspect to this. As I was leaving Reed College, I was
> offerred the position of Computer Center Director, but declined the job.
>
> If I'd taken it, I would have lived through the decades of Unix wars in
> a front-row seat. Instead I joined the priesthood... the IBM priesthood
> of COBOL, JCL, OS/VS1 then S/360 Assembly Language, MVS internals, etc.
> So ESR's compact account of Unix history hits me as the road not taken.
>
> It seemed like a good idea at the time. The PDP7 was a mewling kitten...
> Or maybe I just wanted to wait for other, braver souls to pave the path.
>
> But I digress...
> Egan

Do you still have a S/360 Pops manual?  The section on instruction fetch is
some of the most amazing, creative, and artfully crafted obfuscation I've
ever seen.  Almost surreal.








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