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Article #73092Re: Possible Virus from AT&T cc
From: Steven J. Dovich; x272
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1991 16:47
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1991 16:47
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In article <9111051712.AA26513@wubios> David J. Camp writes:
> I have heard a story that a programmer at AT&T placed a virus in the
> cc compiler. It would detect when cc itself was being compiled and
> reproduce itself. I do not remember what it does to the rest of the
> system, but there was mention of a Happy Birthday greeting for the
> author.
It is simply amazing what conjecture and speculation can be generated
out of a Turing award lecture. See the Communications of the ACM
transcript of the Ritchie/Thompson Turing award.
/sjd
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,b6aa6450d4364a57 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-11-06 10:02:24 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!zeus.ieee.org!sdd.hp.com!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!cadence!cadence!dovich From: dovich@cadence.com (Steven J. Dovich; x272) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Possible Virus from AT&T cc Message-ID: <DOVICH.91Nov6114725@cosmic.cadence.com> Date: 6 Nov 91 16:47:25 GMT References: <9111051712.AA26513@wubios> Sender: usenet@cadence.com (USENET News) Distribution: gnu Organization: Cadence Design Systems/ACAE Div, Lowell MA Lines: 20 In-Reply-To: david@wubios.wustl.edu's message of Tue, 5 Nov 1991 17:12:00 GMT X-Md4-Signature: 6bac839a5319a9febd626f5c679311e4