Re: The myth of fingerprints, er, no, garbage collectors
"Syed Zaeem Hosain (as Syed dot Hosain at aeris dot net)" <[email protected]> Thu, 2 Jul 2026 04:13:12 +0000
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--_000_SA9PR18MB377461A54100488164C9B432F0F52SA9PR18MB3774namp_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Scheme was designed in 1975 by Guy Steele and Gerry Sussman at MIT. Althoug= h I did not meet Guy, he and I overlapped as students at MIT (I graduated i= n 1978 and he finished his MS in 1977 and PhD in 1980, as I recall). I helped wire-bond their Scheme chip implementation (Guy, Gerry, and Jack H= olloway did the design) in 1978 at the MIT Semiconductor Lab (I was finishi= ng my thesis) in the first VLSI course taught by Paul Penfield and Lynn Con= way. Ah, memories ... Z Syed Zaeem Hosain | Founder, Chief Evangelist Aeris Communications, Inc.<http://www.aeris.com/> [email protected] a: 1731 Technology Drive, Suite 800, San Jose, CA 95110-1360, USA. o: +1 408 557-1905 | f: +1 408 557-1925 | twitter: @AerisCTO ________________________________ * I think around the 1990 era, the Scheme Language was invented for use on th= e Connection Machine by Guy Steele? This communication contains Aeris Confidential Information. If it has been = sent to you in error, please reply to advise the sender of the error and th= en immediately delete this message. --_000_SA9PR18MB377461A54100488164C9B432F0F52SA9PR18MB3774namp_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-= 1"> <style type=3D"text/css" style=3D"display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bo= ttom:0;} </style> </head> <body dir=3D"ltr"> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFo= nt, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; c= olor: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Scheme was designed in 1975 by Guy Steele and Gerry Sussman at MIT. Althoug= h I did not meet Guy, he and I overlapped as students at MIT (I graduated i= n 1978 and he finished his MS in 1977 and PhD in 1980, as I recall).</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFo= nt, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; c= olor: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFo= nt, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; c= olor: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> I helped wire-bond their Scheme chip implementation (Guy, Gerry, and Jack H= olloway did the design) in 1978 at the MIT Semiconductor Lab (I was finishi= ng my thesis) in the first VLSI course taught by Paul Penfield and Lynn Con= way.</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFo= nt, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; c= olor: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFo= nt, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; c= olor: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Ah, memories ...</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFo= nt, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; c= olor: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFo= nt, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; c= olor: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Z</div> <div id=3D"Signature" class=3D"elementToProof"> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFo= nt, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; c= olor: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <p class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; margin: 0in; font-fa= mily: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style=3D"font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(22, 114, 190);"><b>Syed Zaeem = Hosain</b></span><span style=3D"font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;"><b> = | Founder, Chief Evangelist</b></span></p> <p class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; margin: 0in; font-fa= mily: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style=3D"font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href=3D"http:= //www.aeris.com/" target=3D"_blank" id=3D"OWA4ea0997d-438d-bf86-70c3-ce291f= 16eeb5" class=3D"ContentPasted0 OWAAutoLink" title=3D"http://www.aeris.com/= " style=3D"color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u= >Aeris Communications, Inc.</u></a></span></p> <p class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; margin: 0in; font-fa= mily: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u>Syed.Hosain@aer= is.net</u></span></p> <p class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; margin: 0in; font-fa= mily: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b>a:</b> 173= 1 Technology Drive, Suite 800, San Jose, CA 95110-1360, USA.</span></p> <p class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; margin: 0in; font-fa= mily: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style=3D"font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;"><b>o:</b> +1 408 557-= 1905 | <b>f:</b> +1 408 557-1925 | <b>twitter:</b> </span><span style=3D"color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">@AerisC= TO</span></p> </div> <div style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, = Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <hr style=3D"display: inline-block; width: 98%;"> <div id=3D"divRplyFwdMsg"> <div style=3D"direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: = 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <b><br> </b></div> </div> <ul data-editing-info=3D"{"applyListStyleFromLevel":false,"u= norderedStyleType":4}" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> <li style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; list-style-type: "&#= 10146; ";"> <div class=3D"elementToProof" role=3D"presentation">I think around the 1990= era, the Scheme Language was invented for use on the Connection Machine by= Guy Steele? </div> </li></ul> <p> </p> <p style=3D"font-size:11pt; font-style: italic; font-family: 'Calibri',sans= -serif;"> This communication contains Aeris Confidential Information. 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