From: wkt@tuhs.org (Warren Toomey)
Subject: [TUHS] Etymology of shell
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2015 11:02:53 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0E1925B8-CF22-4A75-AE7D-039E78BB081B@tuhs.org> (raw)
So what is the etymology of "shell", then? I see that Multics has a shell. Was the CTSS user interface also called a shell?
Cheers, Warren
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