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Re: Origin of the 'E' in SAGE.

To: Greg Rose <ggr@qualcomm.com>
Subject: Re: Origin of the 'E' in SAGE.
From: Jim Duncan <jim@arl.psu.edu>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 16:48:54 -0500
cc: Graham Dunn <gdunn@ineural.com>, sage-members@usenix.org
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Greg Rose writes:
> It's the "e" off the "creat" system call in Unix. It was found in Ken
> Thompson's dumpster at the back of Bell Labs.

Obviously an urban legend -- from you, an "urbane" legend -- because 
Ken Thompson never had a use for a dumpster.

	Jim


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- Re: Origin of the 'E' in SAGE.
  - From: Greg Rose <ggr@qualcomm.com>

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