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HelpYou would be mostly right.  HelpCertainly B grew from
the idea that one program should tell another what to do.
HelpWhether it's natural is not for me to judge; also there was
a lot of time involved and it took two versions (Inferno and
Plan 9) to get a design I was comfortable with.

-Helprob


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HelpWould I be right in surmising that plumb was a natural
progression from B?

Or was it an independent thing?


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