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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Find "py.exe" & copy it to "Python" (flat, no extension).
Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 08:50:12 -0000 (UTC)
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On 11 May 2024 07:33:45 GMT, rbowman wrote:

> I don't even remember what car and cdr are about other than
> they were opcodes from a long dead machine.

“Long dead” is right. John “LISP” McCarthy was such an IBM man, he 
actually went out of his way to sabotage the popularity of a Burroughs 
machine at the centre where he was director.