From: silas poulson <silas8642@hotmail.co.uk>
To: Paul Ruizendaal via TUHS <tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>
Subject: [TUHS] Fwd: Who asked Ken for grep?
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2021 22:42:40 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EA8AE37-E28A-407C-98C3-0463BE0BEF24@hotmail.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <72DA417A-2A8B-40DD-9931-D676AB90AD70@hotmail.co.uk>
Hello,
I tried asking question below awhile back - would anyone know the proper answer?
Many Thanks,
Silas
>
> Hello,
>
> Recently watched couple of videos[1][2] from Ken and Brian Kernighan
> on the origin of grep.
>
> In [1], Brian suggests Lee McMahon asked Ken for grep to help with
> federalist papers analysis.
>
> However Ken states in [2] that Doug Mcllroy asked for someway to “look
> for things in files”.
>
> Is this just Brian misremembering or multiple people asking around similar
> times?
>
> Many thanks,
> Silas
>
> [1]Where GREP Came From - Computerphile
> <youtube.com/watch?v=NTfOnGZUZDk>
>
> [2]VCF East 2019 -- Brian Kernighan interviews Ken Thompson
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY6q5dv_B-o>
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