[ih] "email"-- an opportunity.

[Dave Crocker]

On 6/6/2013 8:01 AM, Jack Haverty wrote:
>
> The OED may be interested in hearing that, with all the august oldtimers
> on this list, none have (yet) recalled or found a pre-1979 use of the
> term "e-mail".  That in itself is an interesting data point.


well, ummm...


Ayyurday's system was written in 1978.  If I recall the code segments 
I've seen, it did use the string "EMAIL".  A reasonable guess would be 
that this was due to the professor who commissioned his summer work, 
rather than his own creation.

d/

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Dave Crocker
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