From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:146::1]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3779C21818 for ; Mon, 3 Jun 2024 00:35:44 +0200 (CEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8177142811; Mon, 3 Jun 2024 08:35:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: from pasta.tip.net.au (pasta.tip.net.au [203.10.76.2]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 29CA14285F for ; Mon, 3 Jun 2024 08:35:32 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtpclient.apple (203-7-124-164.dyn.iinet.net.au [203.7.124.164]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailhost.tip.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4VssBT3dKlz9Qxv; Mon, 3 Jun 2024 08:35:27 +1000 (AEST) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_B85F6DD2-6C1E-4CE4-B494-BCB4EFC79A9A" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3774.500.171.1.1\)) From: sjenkin@canb.auug.org.au In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2024 08:35:14 +1000 Message-Id: <957B629A-6ABE-4647-86F9-946A54BDE795@canb.auug.org.au> References: To: Douglas McIlroy X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3774.500.171.1.1) Message-ID-Hash: JSF2LHSWZCCHXEMTIP7VFBBEYOBQDUJB X-Message-ID-Hash: JSF2LHSWZCCHXEMTIP7VFBBEYOBQDUJB X-MailFrom: sjenkin@canb.auug.org.au X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: TUHS X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Old documentation - still the best List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --Apple-Mail=_B85F6DD2-6C1E-4CE4-B494-BCB4EFC79A9A Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 For those playing along at home, Internet Archive have a scanned copy to = borrow. The cover is unique & thoughtful. Can read the Table of Contents without =E2=80=98borrowing=E2=80=99. > On 3 Jun 2024, at 01:52, Douglas McIlroy = wrote: >=20 > I keep Lomuto and Lomuto, "A Unix Primer", Prentice-Hall (1983) on my = shelf, not as a reference, but because I like to savor the presentation. = The Lomutos manage to impart the Unix ethos while maintaining focus on = the title in a friendly style that is nevertheless succinct and = accurate. >=20 > Doug -- --Apple-Mail=_B85F6DD2-6C1E-4CE4-B494-BCB4EFC79A9A Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 For those = playing along at home, Internet Archive have a scanned copy to = borrow.

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On 3 Jun 2024, at 01:52, Douglas McIlroy = <douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu> wrote:

I keep Lomuto = and Lomuto, "A Unix Primer", Prentice-Hall (1983) on my shelf, not as a = reference, but because I like to savor the presentation. The Lomutos = manage to impart the Unix ethos while maintaining focus on the title in = a friendly style that is nevertheless succinct and = accurate.

Doug

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