Re: CCHAT: History of the conlang list
From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
Date: | Wednesday, March 8, 2000, 21:37 |
Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> Well, the conclusion of it is that like many things, the list has no exact
> date of birth, since it's first state was more a bunch of addresses than
> anything else, but it was already there (even if not an official list).
I'd go with it's establishment as an actual listserv - March 24, 1993
according to John Cowan. So, still a few years to go. Either that or
July 18, 1991, since that was when the alias was set up. (Question:
What precisely is an alias in this context, and how does it differ from
a proper listserv?)
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