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From: James J. Gavan on 22 Feb 2010 19:01 Pete Dashwood wrote: > James J. Gavan wrote: > > > I have been trying to contact Bill since just before Christmas and yes, I do > have his phone number. > > I believe there may be cause for concern, but didn't want to raise that here > until it could be confirmed or discarded. > > There has been a holiday period and I understand he may have been away > square dancing for some of that. > > The nephew's web site is redirected and out of date. Well "Me"'s message is in a sense reassuring seeing that he was still active as of Feb 23. Still, curious that he hasn't communicated here. He surely would have found something to comment on, outside of the OT's ? Not an area I'm into that SORT business which is the link to Bill above, but related. If you check Arnold's site he recently made reference to under his 'Test' thread, there's an interesting paper from Lief ?????? about various SORTs along with COBOL coded examples. I best remember Lief back here in yonder days getting into a minor pissing contest about 'The Towers of Hanoi' (??), move slices of one pyramid to another without the whole lot collapsing. Jimmy > > If I get any news, I'll post it and would appreciate it if anyone else who > knows Bill could do the same. > > He has been an invaluable poster here for many years and it would be a pity > to lose contact. >
From: Anonymous on 22 Feb 2010 20:08 In article <fVEgn.45658$0N3.6059(a)newsfe09.iad>, James J. Gavan <jgavandeletethis(a)shaw.ca> wrote: [snip] >If you check Arnold's site he recently made reference to >under his 'Test' thread, there's an interesting paper from Lief ?????? >about various SORTs along with COBOL coded examples. Leif Svalgaard? A blast from the past, both barrels... I hope that he is in good health. >I best remember Lief back here in yonder days getting into a minor >pissing contest about 'The Towers of Hanoi' (??), move slices of one >pyramid to another without the whole lot collapsing. I best remember the relation of the Towers of Hanoi puzzle to COBOL in one word: don't. DD
From: James J. Gavan on 22 Feb 2010 22:44 docdwarf(a)panix.com wrote: > In article <fVEgn.45658$0N3.6059(a)newsfe09.iad>, > James J. Gavan <jgavandeletethis(a)shaw.ca> wrote: > > [snip] > > >>If you check Arnold's site he recently made reference to >>under his 'Test' thread, there's an interesting paper from Lief ?????? >>about various SORTs along with COBOL coded examples. > > > Leif Svalgaard? A blast from the past, both barrels... I hope that he is > in good health. > > >>I best remember Lief back here in yonder days getting into a minor >>pissing contest about 'The Towers of Hanoi' (??), move slices of one >>pyramid to another without the whole lot collapsing. > > > I best remember the relation of the Towers of Hanoi puzzle to COBOL in one > word: don't. > As to Leif's current whereabouts the only thing I can add - if you check his paper at Arnold's site, there's a footnote that makes reference to his career. I'm guessing he is now happily retired. I recall liking his input very muchly. The Towers of Hanoi - meant nothing to me, but I had one of those big tomes on Win 32 APIs code and diagrams for 'Hanoi'. (You know, one of those books you just think you might need, but should have slung away 10 years ago). Jimmy
From: James J. Gavan on 22 Feb 2010 23:03 me wrote: > > There's a link on Bill Klein's Homepage to his nephew's Livejournal page - > last entry Sunday 21st Feb > > http://brightorange14.livejournal.com/ > > You could use the Comment Section & ask him > Most certainly not intended by you but accidentally you have given us misinformation, from both messages, (I think). I was preparing supper tonight, and I thought, 'Wait a minute, wait a minute. What's the date today ?'. Working from home, hadn't a clue, but checked my diary. I wasn't sitting at the computer at the time to use the taskbar clock - I'm not a multi-tasking chef. It wasn't easily apparent in one of your references which year they were using. Here we are today at == 2010 == Feb 22 and I think your references are :- ** 2009 ** Feb ?? In my original message to Pete I did say I found his last message in here was 2009 Dec 3, which obviously is a later date than the February you reference. If I've got it wrong, please advise, but certainly no apology needed from you. Jimmy
From: Arnold Trembley on 23 Feb 2010 00:54
My comments are interleaved - On 2/22/2010 9:44 PM, James J. Gavan wrote: > docdwarf(a)panix.com wrote: >> In article <fVEgn.45658$0N3.6059(a)newsfe09.iad>, >> James J. Gavan <jgavandeletethis(a)shaw.ca> wrote: >> >> [snip] >> >> >>> If you check Arnold's site he recently made reference to under his >>> 'Test' thread, there's an interesting paper from Lief ?????? about >>> various SORTs along with COBOL coded examples. >> >> >> Leif Svalgaard? A blast from the past, both barrels... I hope that he >> is in good health. When I moved my webpages over to a different host last Sunday, I emailed Leif to ask if he was still okay with me hosting his articles. He replied within a couple of hours to say Yes, and he also thanked me for hosting them. I really enjoyed his article on sorting, and I thought it was well worth keeping available. >> >> >>> I best remember Lief back here in yonder days getting into a minor >>> pissing contest about 'The Towers of Hanoi' (??), move slices of one >>> pyramid to another without the whole lot collapsing. >> >> >> I best remember the relation of the Towers of Hanoi puzzle to COBOL in >> one word: don't. >> > As to Leif's current whereabouts the only thing I can add - if you check > his paper at Arnold's site, there's a footnote that makes reference to > his career. I'm guessing he is now happily retired. I recall liking his > input very muchly. The Towers of Hanoi - meant nothing to me, but I had > one of those big tomes on Win 32 APIs code and diagrams for 'Hanoi'. > (You know, one of those books you just think you might need, but should > have slung away 10 years ago). > > Jimmy There's a sort of a sidebar to Leif's article on sorting. He wrote about how recursion is difficult to implement in COBOL but that it could be simulated with iteration, or "pseudo-recursion" as he called it. And one example he used was the "towers of Hanoi" game. It's also an interesting article: http://www.arnoldtrembley.com/pseudor2.htm -- http://www.arnoldtrembley.com/ |