June 20, 2017
Funny. Someone replied to a post from 1988 concerning the D language. The original thread (not read yet) from 1988 even has messages from Walter.

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.lang.c/y0uGj6tHe2E%5B201-225%5D

original thread
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.lang.c/y0uGj6tHe2E%5B101-125%5D
June 20, 2017
On 6/20/2017 11:10 AM, Patrick Schluter wrote:
> Funny. Someone replied to a post from 1988 concerning the D language. The original thread (not read yet) from 1988 even has messages from Walter.
> 
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.lang.c/y0uGj6tHe2E%5B201-225%5D
> 
> original thread
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.lang.c/y0uGj6tHe2E%5B101-125%5D

I've been in this business a loooong time :-)