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Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,alt.folklore.computers Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!world!dp From: dp@world.std.com (Jeff DelPapa) Subject: Re: On the Naming of UNIX Things Message-ID: <E0qH5n.2Jv@world.std.com> Organization: Chaos and Confusion References: <55vhpf$q3o@mail1.wg.waii.com> <560146$t9c@mail1.wg.waii.com> <E0L92J.4tM@world.std.com> <kbibb.847601696@shellx> Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 01:22:35 GMT Lines: 14 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.misc:26307 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1476 alt.folklore.computers:124474 In article <kbibb.847601696@shellx>, Ken Bibb <kbibb@best.com> wrote: >>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... Make that an ASR-33. The decwriter didn't exist when unix got written. 10 CPS, and oil everything but the ribbon. (and put "blue stuff" [a mildly abrasive cleaner/lubricant intended for TV tuners, back when those were mechanical] on the mechanical UART.) <dp>