* Michael Mol <mike...@gmail.com> [120227 11:49]: > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Todd Goodman <t...@bonedaddy.net> wrote: > > * Claudio Roberto Fran?a Pereira <spide...@gmail.com> [120227 08:35]: > >> I'm reading Writing Solid Code, by Steve Maguire, and at the end of > >> the book there is an about the author section that mentions two > >> contact addresses: one is an email, the other is > >> microsoft!storm!stevem. The book is from 1993, so that should be an > >> old address, for an old protocol. So what? That's not enough for my > >> curiosity. Anyone does know where this came from? > >> > >> -- > >> Claudio Roberto França Pereira > >> > > > > As others have said it's a "bang path" for UUCP routing. > > > > It was used for mail routing even when not strictly using UUCP as well. > > > > This was before such thing as DNS and you got to pass around host tables > > (/etc/hosts) which contained all known hosts and their IP addresses. > > Predates me somewhat, but I believe UUCP operated over DUN/direct > serial without the IP layer, as well.
Yep. Todd
