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Date: 10 May 1982 16:10-EDT From: Alan Bawden <ALAN at MIT-MC> Subject: From Jeff Shrager's plan file at CMU To: INFO-COBOL at MIT-MC, SIPB at MIT-MC A partial trace of a few cycles of MUMPS [Mutually Uncooperative Multi- Processing System] execution. (Recreated from memory from datamation many years ago.) Processor Message ========= ======= A-12 I've got a problem. D-25 Who's in charge here?! L-83 What's today's date? D-25 Who's doing disk IO? X-14 The fifteenth I think. A-12 I've got a problem! M-32 Huh? What's the fifteenth? B-15 Clear to send. X-14 I wasn't talking to you! A-12 Aha! Ready to recieve problem? B-15 Clear to send. A-12 Here's the problem. D-25 Who cares?! A-12 Stay out of this! B-15 Clear to send. A-12 Here's the data. B-15 Clear to send. A-12 What's the answer? L-83 What time is it? B-15 Clear to send. A-12 Hey, where's my result?! B-15 Clear to send. A-12 What did you do with all the data I gave you?!?! B-15 Clear to send. A-12 S--t! Who's in charge here? M-32 Who's doing disk IO? X-14 08:15:62 A-12 Huh? L-83 He wasn't talking to you... M-32 I did disk IO yesterday. L-83 Hey, what kind of time is that?!?!? M-32 Why am I always stuck with disk IO? B-15 Clear to send. A-12 Shut up!