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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/3/17 12:14 AM, Leo Broukhis
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In the UNIX V7 version of the C language, there were the /\
(min) and the \/ (max) operators. In the source of the
scanner part of the compiler,<br>
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Leo,<br>
<br>
This is a great question for the TUHS mailing list as well as SIMH,
I know a lot of those folks are here as well, but you might think
about cross-posting, or if you aren't on the list, I'd be happy to
pass it along.<br>
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On the source code side of things, in case you haven't seen it,
Diomidis Spinellis pieced together the most comprehensive Unix repo
I've seen (44 years of code with comments):<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/dspinellis/unix-history-repo">https://github.com/dspinellis/unix-history-repo</a><br>
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and his write up about it can be found here:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www2.dmst.aueb.gr/dds/pubs/conf/2015-MSR-Unix-History/html/Spi15c.html">https://www2.dmst.aueb.gr/dds/pubs/conf/2015-MSR-Unix-History/html/Spi15c.html</a><br>
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Later,<br>
<br>
Will<br>
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