Auiucdcs.127 net.general utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!cbosg!harpo!chico!duke!uiucdcs!root Wed Aug 12 22:37:26 1981 Thank You Dennis Obviously research!dmr's account of dsw is far more accurate than the one I published. Within a few seconds of publication I realized that I should have included a caveat with my version. It was told several years ago after a group of us had had a few beers. The teller of the tale was not Ken Thonpson or Dennis Ritchie, so between my memory and the fact the person who told the story was not in involved in the creation of dsw, it is very understandable that some (a number) of the facts got twisted. I am glad that dmr took the time to set the origins of dsw straight, I had painted the picture terribly grim by not even allowing them an terminal. Jerry Wall ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.