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Was it called 'go' back then? Or did they just search their archived servers to find anything dated so long ago no one could argue with them?

Hint: Look at the name that checked in the 1972, 1974, and 1988 entries.

And the email addresses, "Brian Kernighan <research!bwk>". Remembering to use bang paths shows how much thought was put into this prank, very cool.

I hope you also noticed the R=ken(Ken Thompson) and R=dmr(Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie) in the commit log messages :)