Re: 1983 and Internet

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: stephen wolff <swolff () cisco com>
Date: September 14, 2009 12:47:01 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Cc: "ip" <ip () v2 listbox com>
Subject: Re: [IP] Re: 1983 and Internet

Dave Crocker wrote:

> Craig is being kind about the state of the software.  I had added  
> initial support TCP/IP to MMDF, which meant that it could relay  
> between Arpanet and TCP/IP nodes.  Then I left.
>
> The code was extremely immature and needed substantial work by a  
> core set of MMDF-related folk, including CSNet and Army Materiel  
> Command.

...specifically, BRL - where (after a massive revision followed by a  
spectacular crash) the programmer generated the immortal quote  "I  
don't understand it.  It compiled..."

-s




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