peter@neccan.oz (Peter Alexander Miller) (05/02/90)
I just noticed the HACKMEM 169 reference in the X source.
Does anyone know how I can get a copy of the whole HACKMEM set?
Failing that, can anyone explain how HACKMEM 169 works?
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Doz@yunexus.UUCP (Ozan Yigit) (05/06/90)
In article <706@neccan.oz> peter@neccan.oz (Peter Alexander Miller) writes: >I just noticed the HACKMEM 169 reference in the X source. >Does anyone know how I can get a copy of the whole HACKMEM set? It is a MIT Tech report from years back, and reportedly contains a lot of interesting "hacks", algorithms etc. by the hackers of the day at MIT AI Labs. I believe it may be still available from MIT. [I actually would like a copy too: does anybody around Toronto have a copy I can photocopy?] oz -- The king: If there's no meaning Interned: oz@nexus.yorku.ca in it, that saves a world of trouble ......!uunet!utai!yunexus!oz you know, as we needn't try to find any. Bitnet: oz@[yulibra|yuyetti] Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland)
mac@ra.cs.Virginia.EDU (Alex Colvin) (05/07/90)
> >I just noticed the HACKMEM 169 reference in the X source. > >Does anyone know how I can get a copy of the whole HACKMEM set? It's not a set, it's MIT AI memo 169, which went out of print years ago. Maybe the Boston Computer Museum will reissue it. Lots of PDP-10 tricks, a few nifty recurrences, some display hacks, most of which you can now find in textbooks. Relic of a bygone era. See also "Computer Lib". A. Colvin
cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell) (05/07/90)
mac@ra.cs.Virginia.EDU (Alex Colvin) writes: }> >I just noticed the HACKMEM 169 reference in the X source. }> >Does anyone know how I can get a copy of the whole HACKMEM set? }It's not a set, it's MIT AI memo 169, which went out of print years ago. }Maybe the Boston Computer Museum will reissue it. Last I heard it was *not* out of print and that if you just asked the distribution folks at the AI Lab you could order a copy. Couple of bucks as I recall. }Lots of PDP-10 tricks, a few nifty recurrences, some display hacks, }most of which you can now find in textbooks. PDP-6 hacks, actually. Lots of interesting math, too. /Bernie\
nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) (05/07/90)
In article <55792@bbn.BBN.COM> cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell) writes: }It's not a set, it's MIT AI memo 169, which went out of print years ago. }Maybe the Boston Computer Museum will reissue it. Last I heard it was *not* out of print and that if you just asked the distribution folks at the AI Lab you could order a copy. Couple of bucks as I recall. (Canonical-FTP-location-p) -- --russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu]) Russ.Nelson@$315.268.6667 Violence never solves problems, it just changes them into more subtle problems
cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell) (05/07/90)
nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) writes: }In article <55792@bbn.BBN.COM> cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell) writes: } }It's not a set, it's MIT AI memo 169, which went out of print years ago. } }Maybe the Boston Computer Museum will reissue it. } Last I heard it was *not* out of print and that if you just asked the } distribution folks at the AI Lab you could order a copy. Couple of bucks as } I recall. }(Canonical-FTP-location-p) NIL, I suspect: I just looked at my copy and it is fairly filled with non-ASCII stuff. Some diagrams, lots of equations and greek letters and such. No problem for TeX'ing it, of course, but it is hard to imagine (but possible! :-)) that someone took this 1972 memo and recreated it in TeX. /Bernie\
david@eng.sun.com (LEISURE WORLD) (05/08/90)
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From: ai.mit.edu!deb@uunet.UU.NET (Debra Sterling)
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 89 11:03:55 EDT
Subject: MIT AI Lab Bibliography-Part 1 of 7
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:aim 239
:title {HAKMEM}
:author M. Beeler, R. W. Gosper, R. Schroeppel
:asort Beeler, M.; Gosper, W.; Schroeppel, R.
:date February 1972
:cost $4.50
:pages 105
:abstract
Here is some little known data which may be of interest to computer
hackers. The items and examples are so sketchy that to decipher them
may require more sincerity and curiosity than a non-hacker can muster.
Doubtless, little of this is new, but nowadays it's hard to tell. So
we must be content to give you an insight, or save you some cycles,
and to welcome further contributions of items, new or used.