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In article <14039@cup.portal.com> R_Tim_Coslet@cup.portal.com writes:
>Well I remember reading a science fiction story when I was in High School
>(before 1975) that used the term "Virus" to talk about this kind of program.
>The rest of the story (which I don't remember too clearly) is about how
>this "Computer Programmer" deals with the return of his "virus".
>Does anyone else remember this book and its title?

The book was, probably, _The Adolescence of P-1_, by somebody whose name I
forget.  It was a *very* good book, in my opinion (*much* better than, say,
_When H.A.R.L.I.E. Was One_, which showed Gerrold's ignorace of computers).

The rest of the story, as you put it, actually dealt with Gregory (the
programmer) and P1 (the program 8-)) trying to ensure P1's survival
(even though the government doesn't want this).

And, yes, it does seem appropriate to think about it, now.  P1 grew through
multi-processing, using telecommunication lines (slow; only 56kbaud) instead
of ethernet.  Even as we write and read, a program could be deciding whether
or not to terminate this posting...

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