Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site yetti.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!mnetor!yetti!oz From: oz@yetti.UUCP (Ozan Yigit) Newsgroups: net.music,net.flame Subject: Re: Prince's Original Writing Style Message-ID: <212@yetti.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 15:37:40 EDT Article-I.D.: yetti.212 Posted: Tue Jul 16 15:37:40 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Jul-85 18:42:34 EDT References: <> <745@udenva.UUCP> Reply-To: oz@yetti.UUCP (Ozan Yigit) Distribution: net Organization: York University Computer Science Lines: 30 Xref: utcs net.music:8187 net.flame:10865 Summary: In article <745@udenva.UUCP> awinterb@udenva.UUCP (Art Winterbauer) writes: > >Sounds to me like he's a regular poster to the net. > That is more to the point.. HOW QUICKLY THEY 4GET !!! The particular writing style was invented long time ago, to use with anon programs, to talk between terminals, originating @ MIT, if I'm not mistaken.. c u see you o&o over and out 4 for b. bye r are @ at (naturally..) These r some examples.. If I could find an old documentation on "computerese" I had back in the days of DEC-10 hacking, I will post more.. -- Oz [all wizardesque side effects are totaly unintentional, unless stated otherwise..] Usenet: [decvax | allegra | linus | ihnp4] !utzoo!yetti!oz Bitnet: oz@ [yuleo | yuyetti] ------------- Support GNU. Consider the 3-muskateers' motto: ONE FOR ALL - ALL FOR ONE