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Old 08-20-2005, 10:42 PM   #1
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How old is the "fortune" program?

Considering it occasionally feeds you back stabs at Gerald Ford and
references to the PDP-11 instruction set, it has to be getting on a bit.
Just curious to see if anybody knows fortune's history; I can't seem
to find any information.
 
Old 08-20-2005, 11:04 PM   #2
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if you had read the manual youd notice it has dates and many software version numbers listed, giving you an idea.
 
Old 08-20-2005, 11:28 PM   #3
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Ken Arnold
"Fortune" was originally from BSD Unix, written by Ken Arnold around 1977 or so:

http://www.strw.leidenuniv.nl/cgi-bi...tune&section=6

Besides many notable contributions to computer science in general, he also wrote or co-wrote the BSD games Cribbage, Rogue and Hangman, among others.

You should find this link particularly interesting:

http://www.cavu.com/85jan.html

Cheers .. Paul Santa Maria
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