On 2019-10-19 2:08 a.m., Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > > >> On Oct 18, 2019, at 9:03 PM, Mark Linimon via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> >> wrote: >> >> On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 03:41:51PM -0600, ben via cctalk wrote: >>> where as back then you made notes and paper printouts of your code >>> that got archived in a back room. >> >> Until the University decided to throw it all out to use the space >> for their new Department of Basket Weaving. > > Reported that sort of thing is just what happened with the hand-written > complete source code of the world's first ALGOL compiler -- the notebook was > tossed during an office move or the like because no one present realized what > it was. > > paul > >
This is why I love hearing, so often, on these lists, "I have that stored in the basement somewhere". --Toby
