On 2025-03-11 16:37, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
From: Alvin Starr via talk<talk@gtalug.org> snip Just curious. Anybody on this list ever use ZOPL? No, but I knew the founder of GEAC before he founded it. <https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/remembering-gus-german-pioneer-in-waterloo-computer-science> I also knew Bob Zarnke, but not Hugh Williams (all in that photo). I was in charge of the IBM 1620 mentioned in the caption, but starting four years later.
I started at Geac in 1979 working in the R&D department which was an amazing learning experience. Over the years I ended up working for a few of the people who where part of that Waterloo crowd. -- Alvin Starr || land: (647)478-6285 Netvel Inc. || home: (905)513-7688 alvin@netvel.net ||