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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.idt.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!popocat.d-and-d.com!popocat.d-and-d.com!not-for-mail From: dnichols@d-and-d.com (DoN. Nichols) Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: On the Naming of UNIX Things Date: 10 Nov 1996 22:41:18 -0500 Organization: D and D Data, Vienna VA Lines: 19 Message-ID: <56678u$41p@windigo.d-and-d.com> References: <55vhpf$q3o@mail1.wg.waii.com> <560146$t9c@mail1.wg.waii.com> <E0L92J.4tM@world.std.com> <kbibb.847601696@shellx> Reply-To: dnichols@d-and-d.com NNTP-Posting-Host: windigo.d-and-d.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.misc:26257 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1458 alt.folklore.computers:124373 In article <kbibb.847601696@shellx>, Ken Bibb <kbibb@best.com> wrote: >In <E0L92J.4tM@world.std.com> dp@world.std.com (Jeff DelPapa) writes: >>The biggest conclusion that you can draw from the oldest of unix >>commands, (cp,rm,ln,cmp, and directories like /tmp /usr) is that the >>original authors were vwl alrgc. > >Most likely due to the amount of pressure required to depress the >keys on a Decwriter... I *hope* that you mean a Teletype. Every Decwriter keyboard that I have ever used had an excellent keyboard. However, on an ASR-33 Teletype, you could balance a broom, handle down, on a key without applying enough force to cause it to send the character. :-) -- Email: <dnichols@d-and-d.com> | Donald Nichols (DoN.) Voice Days: (703) 704-2280 | Eves: (703) 938-4564 My Concertina web page: | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero ---