From: doug@cs.dartmouth.edu (Doug McIlroy)
Subject: [TUHS} Running V8 ...
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 07:58:40 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201710161158.v9GBweD4005539@coolidge.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> (raw)
> How realistic would the experience be to actually running the system
> described in the Unix Programming Environment [v8] if it's actually
running > BSD 4.1... Thanks for any insights y'all might have on this.
This question bears on a recent thread about favorite flavors of Unix. My
favorite flavor is Universal Unix, namely the stuff that just works
everywhere. That's essentially what K&P is about.
That's also what allowed me to use a giant Cray with no instruction
whatsoever. And to do everyday "programmering" on the previously
inscrutable Macintosh, thanks to OS X.
The advent of non-typewriter input put a damper on Universal Unix. One has
to learn something to get started with a novel device. I am impressed,
though, by the breadth of Universal Unix that survives behind those
disparate facades.
next reply other threads:[~2017-10-16 11:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-10-16 11:58 Doug McIlroy [this message]
2017-10-16 15:41 ` Don Hopkins
2017-10-17 11:47 ` Tony Finch
2017-10-17 14:30 ` Larry McVoy
2017-10-17 14:50 ` Don Hopkins
2017-10-16 16:28 ` Clem Cole
2017-10-16 16:39 ` [TUHS} Running V8 ... [ really basic tools ] Jon Steinhart
2017-10-16 19:16 ` Ian Zimmerman
2017-10-16 19:28 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-10-17 1:15 ` Ian Zimmerman
2017-10-17 4:20 ` UNIX version 2*pi Don Hopkins
2017-10-17 6:08 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-10-17 18:23 ` Ron Natalie
2017-10-18 2:46 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-10-18 10:15 ` Ron Natalie
2017-10-16 16:38 ` [TUHS} Running V8 Will Senn
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