From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 33061b89 for ; Thu, 9 Jan 2020 21:54:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 30F559B882; Fri, 10 Jan 2020 07:54:00 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 145C593D07; Fri, 10 Jan 2020 07:53:43 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 63D6B93D07; Fri, 10 Jan 2020 07:53:41 +1000 (AEST) Received: from oclsc.com (oclsc.com [206.248.137.164]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ACC8D93D06 for ; Fri, 10 Jan 2020 07:53:39 +1000 (AEST) From: Norman Wilson To: tuhs@tuhs.org Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 16:53:25 -0500 Message-ID: <1578606809.15476.for-standards-violators@oclsc.org> Subject: Re: [TUHS] screen editors and beyond X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Jon Steinhart: One amusing thing that Steve told me which I think I can share is why the symmetry of case-esac, if-fi was broken with with do-done; it was because the od command existed so do-od wouldn't work! ===== As I heard the story in the UNIX room decades ago (and at least five years after the event), Steve tried and tried to convince Ken to rename od so that he could have the symmetry he wanted. Ken was unmoved. Norman Wilson Toronto ON