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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!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!dciteleport.com!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!in1.nntp.cais.net!nntp.uio.no!nntp.uib.no!torget.bgnett.no!Hamartun.Priv.NO!news From: Tom I Helbekkmo <tih@hamartun.priv.no> Subject: Re: On the Naming of UNIX Things X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Sender: tih@barsoom.Hamartun.Priv.NO Organization: T&T Message-ID: <86buczmh7g.fsf@barsoom.Hamartun.Priv.NO> References: <55vhpf$q3o@mail1.wg.waii.com> <328386bc.112278367@news.ov.com> <5604qs$1l7@web.nmti.com> <328A0685.425A@ccm.hf.intel.com> <56fvgf$fv9@web.nmti.com> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: barsoom.hamartun.priv.no Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 16:54:39 GMT Lines: 18 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.misc:26449 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1517 alt.folklore.computers:124644 [Perry Hutchison] > I think you may be off by one version. I distinctly recall > sed being in 6th Edition (and I thereby date myself :-). [Peter da Silva] > There was no "sed" on the Computer Center computers at UCB in 1980. It > was on the EECS computer. The CC machines ran V6, the EECS machine > (Cory) was running V7. It is possible that the CC staff removed "sed"... There's no sed in the V6 distribution I've got running here, and it's supposed to be a complete V6 from Bell. Of course, there weren't clear cut V? distributions; the number just changed from time to time. -tih -- Popularity is the hallmark of mediocrity. --Niles Crane, "Frasier"