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=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, 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 42790d7b for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2019 12:15:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 56D149B62D; Fri, 18 Oct 2019 22:15:27 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 466EA9B553; Fri, 18 Oct 2019 22:15:07 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 59E049B553; Fri, 18 Oct 2019 22:15:04 +1000 (AEST) Received: from fbo-4.mxes.net (fbo-4.mxes.net [198.205.123.127]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7DE809B552 for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2019 22:15:02 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp-out-4.mxes.net (smtp-out-4.mxes.net [198.205.123.69]) by fbi-1.mxes.lan (Postfix) with ESMTP id A93D6273FC for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2019 08:07:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Customer-MUA (mua.mxes.net [10.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 372F8273AA; Fri, 18 Oct 2019 08:07:20 -0400 (EDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.4 \(3445.104.11\)) From: Ronald Natalie In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 07:07:20 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <6F78AA08-8CCE-4BC5-9011-2A3867C54F1F@ronnatalie.com> References: <20191010205546.GA29154@minnie.tuhs.org> To: Dave Horsfall X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.104.11) X-Sent-To: 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: , Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Indeed, the shell and just about any command (save a few setuid ones) = were just programs that you could just as soon have your own copies of. that was always very neat coming from more =E2=80=9Ccanned=E2=80=9D = systems. > On Oct 17, 2019, at 8:49 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote: >=20 > On Fri, 11 Oct 2019, Warren Toomey wrote: >=20 >> All, we had another dozen TUHS suscribers to the list overnight.=20 > Welcome. >> A reminder that we're here to discuss Unix Heritage, so I'll nudge = you >> if the conversation goes a bit off-topic. >>=20 >> 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? >=20 > When I discovered that there was nothing special about the Shell i.e. = I could write/modify it, as it was not privileged in any way (unlike, = cough cough, DCL etc). >=20 > -- Dave