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=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, 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 [50.116.15.146]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71FC12937A for ; Sun, 9 Jun 2024 13:35:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3375342877; Sun, 9 Jun 2024 21:35:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-vs1-xe33.google.com (mail-vs1-xe33.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::e33]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B3FD04285E for ; Sun, 9 Jun 2024 21:35:02 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-vs1-xe33.google.com with SMTP id ada2fe7eead31-48c47f4ad7aso349772137.0 for ; Sun, 09 Jun 2024 04:35:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=dartmouth.edu; s=google1; t=1717932901; x=1718537701; darn=tuhs.org; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject :date:message-id:reply-to; bh=D+NTf+fTFiXYqtQfv71JQtrO9t/AXzD7XudvspIzRkY=; b=ovhKKCKRhTjdspqTjuAf53Ii9UzWrZqVwqRLy6BJffAKfOUSCNITM37mtwsr6ch1ps RPVGhH/QZrQboNJdq2l7LcdBoEkScrB2PT2ha5TeRdFV7qa97IheUq5rtMQElNj1O5vd FvovnwqYUOLTQHtztsoAak8OR8OT79CPRn4y1wVxOlSZCAa64BUCUAvkD/lUGSCdq/89 prp6x538feeE5HKMz25eYxZnjAH9mmoY15Nv7/GumAxf73ltMoqSueM6BimAWs6PhdUq Cne8ZGkNnq1rMcPVEZMwlLXasqsbrIO2KonxoF6D33yiuaX/PKnvFB/adOqHxDTNsJtj GV9g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1717932901; x=1718537701; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:x-gm-message-state :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=D+NTf+fTFiXYqtQfv71JQtrO9t/AXzD7XudvspIzRkY=; b=ScgjNs1uiieHN3kRRNL5lZX+7DCujhZb0drf6vT5n8YqVhFsHYE8P9BJ95ZP0D62L5 qv4Qan33eTl4s69AZx/OqndDyFPNK8CKR9t6cz7o94qUxX++zhPj49bwU8sdLozJIkKC 54+68twQAYb9CHUxBhNQK3DB+tIpi7AvJyQJkKDsHdTDs97MUuxm1ZXbU6MVbgWmUoa7 /YsD7JmNh2tqs6J6DS8rh+H8wg5fO8OTrO7MCH0T/aDR5gVhUPFmfijWF4cwFkgbW5pZ K2dj18h0MV2ef6pznxPFDZunvv45w8WBAGEazsdBIbG3wGLooYr4OPD+3jyWmyqsbFx1 QzeQ== X-Forwarded-Encrypted: i=1; AJvYcCWrkinuj4inLfUG8JCYIHSnpyYj0vV2ZAkRbFx8CSowJ7I/lMmQnPf0A5joBPgrlkQpA+pSVRAq8uj6tQPE X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YyFDYvJKRqdoL40foWO3zLSl6uzgoWFDir6rVbK+MY0S278Tzq2 Vaca8hAaqm2G/Uu4v5LVGsCdM+NnxR+sg5poRFNXFYHE+jeoqWhzDhRDyZBR6B7kpHsbhJlRCDa W/MExLnkB1Xp3CH8B/q4nFu6YX6A6xxAlyyWhSg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IHzMNKcvx6ypbmCKok6PjFa3hODlo+oCnZWh+5WPWjKmRqlkbXbxCud9BcnSyvy77v/VyDT+tYZsznu6ZnWPeo= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6102:2913:b0:48c:4c7a:a78a with SMTP id ada2fe7eead31-48c4c7ae5f4mr986422137.1.1717932901589; Sun, 09 Jun 2024 04:35:01 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Douglas McIlroy Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2024 07:34:46 -0400 Message-ID: To: Ed Bradford , TUHS main list Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000058fcca061a736c66" Message-ID-Hash: YYGPTGRBDG3I4IP7PTEVWPXY2E2Y5MAR X-Message-ID-Hash: YYGPTGRBDG3I4IP7PTEVWPXY2E2Y5MAR X-MailFrom: douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu 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 X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: most direct Unix descendant List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --00000000000058fcca061a736c66 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Eloquently put. Amen! doug > Unix brought automation to the forefront of possibilities. Using Unix, > anyone could do it - even that kid in Jurassic Park. Today, everything > is GUI and nothing can be automated easily or, most of the time, > not at all. > Unix is an ever shrinking oasis in a desert of non-automation and complexity. > It is the loss of automation possibilities that frustrates me the most --00000000000058fcca061a736c66 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Eloquently put. Amen!

doug

&g= t; Unix brought automation to the forefront of possibilities. Using Unix,
= > anyone could do it - even that kid in Jurassic Park. Today, everything=
> is GUI and nothing can be automated easily or, most of the=C2=A0time= ,
> not at all.

> Unix is an ever=C2=A0shrinking oasis in a d= esert of non-automation and complexity.

> It is the loss of autom= ation possibilities=C2=A0that frustrates me the most
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