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Did Lew retire?

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On 09.05.2025 00:02, Ruben Safir wrote:

Did Lew retire?

You can find posts of him from earlier this week in this and in other newsgroups, if that's what you meant. If you mean his occupation it's
probably best to ask him personally (his email address looks valid).

Janis

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Hi, Rubin

On Thu, 08 May 2025 22:02:07 +0000, Ruben Safir wrote:

Did Lew retire?

About 17 years ago, I retired from my job.
But, I still hang around here (and other newsgroups) just to keep in touch.
--
Lew Pitcher
"In Skills We Trust"
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On May 9, 2025 at 9:02:49rC>AM PDT, "Lew Pitcher" <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> wrote:

Hi, Rubin

On Thu, 08 May 2025 22:02:07 +0000, Ruben Safir wrote:

Did Lew retire?

About 17 years ago, I retired from my job.
But, I still hang around here (and other newsgroups) just to keep in touch.

Did you work for SoCalEdison in Rosemead in the 1970s? I came with a couple UCLA professors, one a geochemist and the other an Organic Chemist. We talked about a database of organics found in air, I think. I ended writing it in FORTRAN on a PDP-11/05 in a prof's lab.
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On Sat, 10 May 2025 06:21:20 +0000, Percival John Hackworth wrote:

On May 9, 2025 at 9:02:49rC>AM PDT, "Lew Pitcher" <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> wrote:

Hi, Rubin

On Thu, 08 May 2025 22:02:07 +0000, Ruben Safir wrote:

Did Lew retire?

About 17 years ago, I retired from my job.
But, I still hang around here (and other newsgroups) just to keep in touch.

Did you work for SoCalEdison in Rosemead in the 1970s?

Sorry, Percival, but no. I worked for a large Canadian bank for 30ish years, starting in 1977 (I retired at an early age). The closest I've got to working in the US was a couple of work trips to Memphis :-)

I came with a couple
UCLA professors, one a geochemist and the other an Organic Chemist. We talked about a database of organics found in air, I think. I ended writing it in FORTRAN on a PDP-11/05 in a prof's lab.

That must have been some feat. Database technology was in it's infancy then and,
while the PDP 11/05 was a capable beast, it was underpowered by today's standards.

Glad to see that we "well-experienced programmers" <grin> still keep in touch. --
Lew Pitcher
"In Skills We Trust"
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On 2025-05-10, Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> wrote:

On Sat, 10 May 2025 06:21:20 +0000, Percival John Hackworth wrote:

On May 9, 2025 at 9:02:49rC>AM PDT, "Lew Pitcher"
<lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> wrote:

Hi, Rubin

On Thu, 08 May 2025 22:02:07 +0000, Ruben Safir wrote:

Did Lew retire?

About 17 years ago, I retired from my job.
But, I still hang around here (and other newsgroups) just to keep in touch. >>

Did you work for SoCalEdison in Rosemead in the 1970s?

Sorry, Percival, but no. I worked for a large Canadian bank for 30ish years, starting in 1977 (I retired at an early age). The closest I've got to working in the US was a couple of work trips to Memphis :-)

I came with a couple
UCLA professors, one a geochemist and the other an Organic Chemist. We talked
about a database of organics found in air, I think. I ended writing it in
FORTRAN on a PDP-11/05 in a prof's lab.

That must have been some feat. Database technology was in it's infancy
then and, while the PDP 11/05 was a capable beast, it was underpowered
by today's standards.

Glad to see that we "well-experienced programmers" <grin> still keep in touch.

Well, 11/05 was the 11/10 when it was sold through the OEM sales channel
from Digital, and the 11/10 was a more compact second generation of the
11/20, which I think was the first PDP-11.

It was slow by today's standard, and IIRC there was no floating point
hardware. But slow CPU just meant "have patience". "Database" meant a collection of data. You could try to roll your own ISAM, but mostly we
worked in a batch mode merging new data into a sequential file in a
"copy and update" pass. But it would be unusual to have more than a
couple of MB of hard drive (RK05).
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On Sat, 10 May 2025 15:38:10 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen wrote:

"Database" meant a collection of data.

Still does.
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:

On Sat, 10 May 2025 15:38:10 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen wrote:

"Database" meant a collection of data.

Still does.

As you know, "database" these days very commonly refers to a
collection of data stored in a *relational* database of some sort,
or perhaps on one of several "NoSQL" formats. It's worth making
the distinction clear if you're talking about data stored in some
other form.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */
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On 5/9/25 12:02 PM, Lew Pitcher wrote:

Hi, Rubin

On Thu, 08 May 2025 22:02:07 +0000, Ruben Safir wrote:

Did Lew retire?

About 17 years ago, I retired from my job.
But, I still hang around here (and other newsgroups) just to keep in touch.

Just wanted to tell you I appreciate the decades of help.
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On 5/11/25 2:46 AM, Popping Mad wrote:

On 5/9/25 12:02 PM, Lew Pitcher wrote:

Hi, Rubin

On Thu, 08 May 2025 22:02:07 +0000, Ruben Safir wrote:

Did Lew retire?

About 17 years ago, I retired from my job.
But, I still hang around here (and other newsgroups) just to keep in touch. >>

Just wanted to tell you I appreciate the decades of help.

I was just thinking of you when I was reviewning the network management
script in openrc on Artix Linux (/etc/init.d/net.lo)

I could barelyunderstand any of it.
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On Sun, 11 May 2025 02:46:07 -0400, Popping Mad wrote:

On 5/9/25 12:02 PM, Lew Pitcher wrote:

Hi, Rubin

On Thu, 08 May 2025 22:02:07 +0000, Ruben Safir wrote:

Did Lew retire?

About 17 years ago, I retired from my job.
But, I still hang around here (and other newsgroups) just to keep in touch. >>

Just wanted to tell you I appreciate the decades of help.

Thank you. I'm glad that I was (and, hopefully, am) of some
assistance.

To be fair, I learn more from these newsgroups than I could
ever give back. And I thank the multitude of people who have
helped me along the way.
--
Lew Pitcher
"In Skills We Trust"
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