From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 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=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 26826 invoked from network); 1 Jul 2023 18:43:02 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 1 Jul 2023 18:43:02 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86AAB43662; Sun, 2 Jul 2023 04:42:57 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-lj1-x231.google.com (mail-lj1-x231.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::231]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4012A432AF for ; Sun, 2 Jul 2023 04:42:46 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-lj1-x231.google.com with SMTP id 38308e7fff4ca-2b699284ff4so49806951fa.2 for ; Sat, 01 Jul 2023 11:42:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20221208; t=1688236964; x=1690828964; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=Hbalew4/Zj62fZjZ5br6G7fcU7t3HtevfFRA6vCuiD4=; b=cMOJMSNlYaULa0emeD1/MahLMxCusDQn092Em8F+bsNCaXPg1lmYz5MtbR4ZMHOCQY +fl+LjCVfr/ygMw06oXAy0YiMf1D9G9CI+65ic1w4RaJUx62NfrXUTx2wDM6Bm1esnI1 hpjf98L5lxWVofG6y2qNx8KRZO1Z9HdFruevuRr6jU+UP8FJbuBif7fK2c6inHOWYeS7 1CmHWbxb4feKpj0quWgvCXe2rUSVO/8RxrbYsiVUzPiN9017pMRdsl7Bx9kzMsaAQD1k wDYlHpoyxc8FUCEF74Gvu8dZKNxGQbxMOAym8qQtFC8vZs4hoacbbTy4ppL75q8+HcAL XV7A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20221208; t=1688236964; x=1690828964; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=Hbalew4/Zj62fZjZ5br6G7fcU7t3HtevfFRA6vCuiD4=; b=cCa7x9wbkf6kezblAiETNnqAKLmm6z2r9sWS3lS4LllpMmcnQppRNB7l4LLldBQus7 4CrdZXEMO0lLt0WawjYAPzzHp6LKqiqP587uYnBGDqy5+EoMEZ56P1hI/liMFwkAsxzU XcdfqwJAAAnGKpVuUrzWxiwrKUZXZsn8DGkpZPfkBlVysrVCXIGr8skM2wbE7HdYZfYq mndUOEcssA5D83f5G7mWUV+VLvt4vYMO5iZwPf1msnAO0mVcFrdJXEHFVzvoK3Qj2W7r eh9golye13fH6GHBWXG5PTUVBWqXXBfuZoyCvqBTMfwWnkcxO47szKoo4EnXMMPX8CML faiA== X-Gm-Message-State: ABy/qLayKhvLsvECHAPlxERBtS1TK7TIbPjyBWOUEzUU01maOkJRIOQJ aKZbOw0FwcppJ1FgbrFUoyGV0vDS2WzxJHp/o+EKBGbZ X-Google-Smtp-Source: APBJJlF0GwFuUHB56v1GXYdaRBaqoS4U8gj/n/N8E16vbF2ZN69+1Nuiy1SDUcQV1d0LOTpwWkGe7l1jKClgvEXO21Q= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:9348:0:b0:2b6:dfef:d526 with SMTP id m8-20020a2e9348000000b002b6dfefd526mr795220ljh.11.1688236963941; Sat, 01 Jul 2023 11:42:43 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <202306290714.35T7E4Qv016653@freefriends.org> <9Lm966Be4OkPcrr0D_46OoESAtnWwi7DYjtwvIwKJsB81QIwMmSKIzz5F_JyalhwOXAMP2vdJQwpKuq4jGJryXOcKBAQY7S-r24_Aagb8ss=@protonmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9Lm966Be4OkPcrr0D_46OoESAtnWwi7DYjtwvIwKJsB81QIwMmSKIzz5F_JyalhwOXAMP2vdJQwpKuq4jGJryXOcKBAQY7S-r24_Aagb8ss=@protonmail.com> From: Dan Cross Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2023 14:42:07 -0400 Message-ID: To: segaloco Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID-Hash: JCPQ7ZW4YQWP7AUKKZP5QCHG3B2MHIKJ X-Message-ID-Hash: JCPQ7ZW4YQWP7AUKKZP5QCHG3B2MHIKJ X-MailFrom: crossd@gmail.com 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@tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Bell Labs CSTRs List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On Sat, Jul 1, 2023 at 2:03=E2=80=AFPM segaloco w= rote: > > Anyway, once you've got M3 and M4, you've got a naming convention; I'd > > think it a safe bet that there was an M5 that was an internal > > experiment, and that M6 was simply the next in line and was > > interesting enough to be documented in a tech report. > > Only problem there is m6 predates m3 and m4. Th m6(I) page first appears= in V2 and there is a published reference from 1972. Software Tools, from = which m3 derives, was 1976, and m4 was then introduced in V7 (which is also= the first research version since V2 without m6 somewhere in the manual.) > > Here's a rough history of the m6 manpage: https://gitlab.com/segaloco/man= diff/-/commits/v6/man6/m6.6 Oops. Very well, then: stab my stab with a fork, for it is dead. - Dan C.