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=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, 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 852bb56e for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2019 23:28:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 706999B8D9; Fri, 11 Oct 2019 09:28:36 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E870394703; Fri, 11 Oct 2019 09:28:23 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=algebras-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.i=@algebras-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.b="bKRa15fI"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 9134A94703; Fri, 11 Oct 2019 09:28:22 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-io1-f42.google.com (mail-io1-f42.google.com [209.85.166.42]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 779DC93DBB for ; Fri, 11 Oct 2019 09:28:21 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-io1-f42.google.com with SMTP id c25so17501751iot.12 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2019 16:28:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=algebras-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=XSSEyO5SKWtMFkhunPZaw9Sz9rm8wUUIWI2jMiS0Et0=; b=bKRa15fIFdT+O2hwwk+fyhLrkuyJnoabbuqurnMq/wKlQIhCzuNYD4J7YtZTESUMeR ZUOg3Snlmy9d3yVM6kInbJR9EHpSuXXFUlxCkIZdqLPSILsv2tnKk47J8w96rkI29P/R UsEesQ+Cfsv73Gi+WqYJRMWaOf5v/RAhqUyCe/kzU4+9EdEALFa8AGF0wj5Br5bXSmKy 4ACheVDYLf9s+udvs7j+HjHC0lO8qW1ivWEIo4irVno0/7llwDxZSlkXrZ9qMk8KHkmJ HMHjkBhlEJeEZ9lmb3MIeTcaqstpdFSeECnNNvKdV9ZxxMcBvxh3XgEn8WoyVMShu/NI ShLA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=XSSEyO5SKWtMFkhunPZaw9Sz9rm8wUUIWI2jMiS0Et0=; b=JX8ZWGgw2CTOn8G0FmoyVsecCPieInG2INyIAZG1jDmmt14SBHeolUTVm5aDOnCTGK GH3F/c4vZi+d5viHM2DmZgc6QztRwiBss8sL3I+Rq4qHQnuKFhCBmrEryX7yEz8+mCwq Mi+eYer6kLlvqX6TO9EoXxoXNfS50qyIDn4Hgnw3E0ud4a7nvCAVJUfl59DVRYQyM3Lt uQBU0GFMvx3BYyTfyWpcXs/0UdDlyCNcB88YzR246kT0usVAQuS+TS7zC2bD9ASooq/C NMV9WtrgMVy9KqTa6yd6QJ18wslmJRC5ckL1w2AeiWRGvYQJGRmh7siRG2sPx+V1W6Hi diTQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUnYn0lJJIYA8nk9+O2C8dX9YDlu0MiVU2ZTovcHmYbGAPJkcq5 /VQp1Mn5uzk0oKysP8CAFRoIsM1Pt8sDPGllwMJiYmAr6mI= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwUI/kQbpHdAiuyYGxYJ+b2gUdLobwyYkWiojnEvKbk2Ul1wszEZ4x19PmucYv58aDbW767pusWT0qHtDqyYa0= X-Received: by 2002:a02:6a05:: with SMTP id l5mr14487194jac.64.1570750100433; Thu, 10 Oct 2019 16:28:20 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20191010205546.GA29154@minnie.tuhs.org> <1586929316.4330765.1570749812945@mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <1586929316.4330765.1570749812945@mail.yahoo.com> From: George Michaelson Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 09:28:09 +1000 Message-ID: To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" 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: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Wanting to print something and reaching for Tops-10 PIP.. to realize I didn't need to do that. Irrational concepts did not carry across Logging in by name but having my uid:gid map naturally to the Tops-10 [xxxx,yyy] form. -Rational concepts carried across Learn. "omg. Is that all there is? really? is it that simple? you mean the file permissions flags ARE BITS IN A WORD" RUNOF -> nroff. The pascal and fortran experience was a bit of a backwards step. But makefiles were logical, and once I stopped writing in fortran, things got remarkably better. csh in many ways. I know that's heresy for a lot of people, but some things were just subtly easier in csh. I didn't write csh scripts. -G