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- | [[:publications:life_with_unix|Life with Unix]] says: Wrote dc and be with Lorinda Cherry. | + | [[:publications:life_with_unix|Life with Unix]] says: Wrote dc and be with Lorinda Cherry. |
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+ | [[https://archive.org/details/a_research_unix_reader|A Research Unix Reader]] says: Bob (Robert) Morris stepped in wherever mathematics was involved, whether it was numerical analysis or number theory. Bob invented the distinctively original utilities typo, and dc-bc (with Lorinda Cherry), wrote most of the math library, and wrote primes and factor (with Thompson). His series of crypt programs fostered the Center's continuing interest in cryptography. | ||