Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 07:45:05 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Con Message-ID: <4.2.0.56.19990622074339.03b84350@localhost> In-Reply-To: <xzp674glhrt.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> References: <Brett Glass's message of "Mon, 21 Jun 1999 22:07:35 -0600"> <4.2.0.56.19990621220114.00a2c590@localhost>
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As I understand it, Gosper either invented it or played a serious part in doing so. An unusual man, he always walked around with a gooseneck flashlight in his vest pocket. Maybe so that he could peer into the guts of the PDP-10. --Brett At 11:13 AM 6/22/99 +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: >Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> writes: > > I used to run into famed mathematician, > > LISPer, and "Life" inventor Bill Gosper regularly at their Santa Clara > > restaurant. > >Umm, if it's the Game of Life you're thinking of, the inventor is John >Conway. > >DES >-- >Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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