On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 4:54 PM Norman Wilson <norman@oclsc.org> wrote:

> As I heard the story in the UNIX room decades ago (and at least five
> years after the event), Steve tried and tried to convince Ken to
> rename od so that he could have the symmetry he wanted.  Ken was
> unmoved.


I admit I'm not sure which solution is 'least astonishing.'  Just think if
DEC had used hex for years, instead of octal ;-)