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Subject: Re: A Curiosity: a book by Dan Spracklen.

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 05:35:01 05/06/02

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On May 05, 2002 at 20:02:11, Christophe Theron wrote:

>On May 05, 2002 at 19:09:27, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>
>>I just saw in Amazom a book written by Dan S. in 1979. It treats about his
>>sargon program and what is more, he presents the entire code, line by line. It
>>is an used book.
>>Fernando
>
>
>I remember it's a book about the Sargon I program. I have never been able to get
>it, but I have heard about it.
>
>BTW the Sargon II program of the next year was MUCH stronger, so I think the
>book has been written too early! :-)
>


IIRC, they wrote this book, giving the source code to Sargon I, *because* Sargon
I was about to become obsolete due to the their having written Sargon II.



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