On February 21, 2019 at 18:23 feldman@twincreeks.net (Steve Feldman) wrote:
On Feb 20, 2019, at 7:16 PM, bzs@theworld.com wrote:
(Berknet was largly written by Eric Schmidt, as in the former Google CEO)
I'm pretty sure that was Eric Allman, though I had the privilege of being a lowly Masters student at Berkeley while both Erics, along with Bill Joy and a host of other Internet pioneers, were there.
I don't have personal knowledge about this but the wikipedia page on berknet credits Eric Schmidt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berknet and links to Eric Schmidt's master thesis on Berknet (postscript): http://web.mit.edu/daveg/Info/Links/doc/unix.manual.misc/berknet/berknet.PS Eric Schmidt and Mike Lesk also wrote "lex", the unix lexical analyzer program used primarily for compiler contruction, rewritten as 'flex' (fast lex) on more modern systems. -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | bzs@TheWorld.com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: +1 617-STD-WRLD | 800-THE-WRLD The World: Since 1989 | A Public Information Utility | *oo*