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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
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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>