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=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN, FREEMAIL_FROM,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_MESSAGE, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,PLING_QUERY,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 f6aff3bf for ; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 02:51:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 76DFA9B8C4; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 12:51:44 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 390FD946B9; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 12:51:18 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 6F4F1946B9; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 12:51:15 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 599 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 12:51:14 AEST Received: from smtprelay.b.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0185.b.hostedemail.com [64.98.42.185]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E245693DBB for ; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 12:51:14 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtprelay.b.hostedemail.com (10.5.19.248.rfc1918.com [10.5.19.248]) by smtpgrave04.b.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46FFF801E319 for ; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 02:41:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from filter.hostedemail.com (10.5.19.248.rfc1918.com [10.5.19.248]) by smtprelay01.b.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41AE5100325E6 for ; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 02:41:14 +0000 (UTC) X-Session-Marker: 7269636572636172 X-HE-Tag: park32_ac45505fba55 X-Filterd-Recvd-Size: 3246 Received: from [192.168.1.4] (ip72-204-1-156.fv.ks.cox.net [72.204.1.156]) (Authenticated sender: ricercar) by omf17.b.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA for ; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 02:41:13 +0000 (UTC) To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org References: <20191010205546.GA29154@minnie.tuhs.org> From: ricercar@lycos.com Message-ID: <3d9ff257-8505-8792-abcf-fd44846b58f1@lycos.com> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 21:41:07 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20191010205546.GA29154@minnie.tuhs.org> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------1A1CBE44D192ACECE37DD893" Content-Language: en-US Subject: Re: [TUHS] What was your "Aha, Unix!" moment? 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" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------1A1CBE44D192ACECE37DD893 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Perhaps impertinent since it's not part of the UNIX standard, but probably when I first started using emacs. I have also grown to appreciate ed, though I learned that quite a bit later. On 10/10/19 3:55 PM, Warren Toomey wrote: > All, we had another dozen TUHS suscribers to the list overnight. Welcome. > A reminder that we're here to discuss Unix Heritage, so I'll nudge you > if the conversation goes a bit off-topic. > > So I'll kick off another thread. What was your "ahah" moment when you > first saw that Unix was special, especially compared to the systems you'd > previously used? > > Mine was: Oh, I can: > + write a simple script > + to edit a file on the fly > + with no temporary files (a la pipes) > + AND I can change the file suffix and the system won't stop me! > > I was using TOPS-20 beforehand. > > Cheers, Warren > > --------------1A1CBE44D192ACECE37DD893 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 
Perhaps impertinent since it's not part of the UNIX standard, but probably when
I first started using emacs. I have also grown to appreciate ed, though I
learned that quite a bit later.

On 10/10/19 3:55 PM, Warren Toomey wrote:
All, we had another dozen TUHS suscribers to the list overnight. Welcome.
A reminder that we're here to discuss Unix Heritage, so I'll nudge you
if the conversation goes a bit off-topic.

So I'll kick off another thread. What was your "ahah" moment when you
first saw that Unix was special, especially compared to the systems you'd
previously used?

Mine was: Oh, I can:
  + write a simple script
  + to edit a file on the fly
  + with no temporary files (a la pipes)
  + AND I can change the file suffix and the system won't stop me!

I was using TOPS-20 beforehand.

Cheers, Warren
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