That does not compute

From: Huw Davies <H.Davies_at_latrobe.edu.au>
Date: Tue Jan 5 20:55:28 1999

At 07:21 PM 31-12-98 -0800, Sam Ismail wrote:

>Well, certainly the '_at_' symbol was entirely useless until internet e-mail.
>And how many people actually use function keys any more in the age of the
>GUI and mouse?

Apart from those Digital DCL users who have been using it to invoke command
procedures for about 25 years and TOPS-10 users who used it for I/O
redirection for even longer....

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