Re: Origin of "dope vector"

Article View: comp.lang.misc

Article #1027

#1027

From: Edward S. Hirgelt
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 22:08

25 lines
1264 bytes

On 19 Aug 92 20:56:11 GMT,
rro@cs.ColoState.EDU (Rod Oldehoeft) said:

Rod>                                   The oldest reference I
Rod> have for this particular term is Gries' 1971 book, where
Rod> the reference is:

Rod> ... "For arrays this template is called a dope vector or
Rod> information vector. ...

I'm not sure of the exact first use, but I first encountered ``dope
vector'' in reading the PL/I reference manuals for the OS 360 in late
1969. Gries was at that time pretty IBM oriented so his use may have
derived from the same PL/I documentation. PL/I had already been around
for a while in 1969 so the terminology is prabably older. 

Good luck in your search,
Ed


--
Ed Hirgelt			esh@tss.com
Direct Interfaces Corporation
San Jose, Ca.

Technical Details

Message-ID: <ESH.92Aug20140859@boron.tekbspa.com>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!tekbspa!tekbspa!esh

References: <Aug19.205611.51383@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!tekbspa!tekbspa!esh
From: esh@boron.tekbspa.com (Edward S. Hirgelt)
Subject: Re: Origin of "dope vector"
In-Reply-To: rro@cs.ColoState.EDU's message of 19 Aug 92 20:56:11 GMT
Message-ID: <ESH.92Aug20140859@boron.tekbspa.com>
Sender: news@tss.com (USENET Network News)
Organization: Direct Interfaces Corporation @ Teknekron
References: <Aug19.205611.51383@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 22:08:59 GMT
Lines: 25

Reply to Parent Message