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Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 07:45:05 -0600
To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Subject: Re: FreeBSD Con
Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
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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



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