[justlurking]

And now the comments have been found in a 1984 posting to Usenet:

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22Allocate+'size'+units+from+the+given+map.%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=2551%40allegra.UUCP&rnum=1

[justlurking]

Now, someone has found the code in question in a book published in 1974:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1573980137/ref=lib_dp_TFCV/002-1855771-1491210?v=glance&s=books&vi=reader#reader-link

[Golden Eagle]

And now the comments have been found in a 1984 posting to Usenet...

Is that all it takes to permanently steal code these days? Just have some rogue post it on Usenet, and *BAM*, no longer yours.