On 27 February 2012 14:27, Florian Philipp <li...@binarywings.net> wrote: > Am 27.02.2012 15:04, schrieb Claudio Roberto França Pereira: >> I'm reading Writing Solid Code, by Steve Maguire, and at the end of >> the book there is an about the author section that mentions two >> contact addresses: one is an email, the other is >> microsoft!storm!stevem. The book is from 1993, so that should be an >> old address, for an old protocol. So what? That's not enough for my >> curiosity. Anyone does know where this came from? >> >> -- >> Claudio Roberto França Pereira >> > > That's a bang path from UUCP. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uucp
"Bang paths of eight to ten machines (or hops) were not uncommon in 1981, and late-night dial-up UUCP links would cause week-long transmission times. " <shudder>
