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From: Rob Pike <robpike@gmail.com>
To: George Michaelson <ggm@algebras.org>
Cc: TUHS main list <tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] pronouncing *nix formulas
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 17:38:52 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKzdPgw7ehkpr7F7yj_WFbkyEU-DvaBmU_cksKEWdT0Qfd8Lcw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKr6gn2zMAbw2RUU5h4g3-3BshXBW4A2oWgKi8_Jh+11C13x5g@mail.gmail.com>

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See the bottom of page 204 of UPE.

-rob


On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 12:17 PM George Michaelson <ggm@algebras.org> wrote:

> I thought this was a Denis story not a Ken story. Its still a good
> story.  Since you're one of the two people in the conversation, I
> think I can take it I'm wrong btw.
>
> (it used to get repeated at UUG, it was always good for a laugh)
>
> -G
>
> On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 2:19 PM Rob Pike <robpike@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Not quite. It was a question I asked him, while Brian Kernighan and I
> were writing the Unix Programming Environment. His actual response was
> pithier (as one would expect): "I'd spell creat with an 'e'".
> >
> > -rob
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 2:33 PM Ronald Natalie <ron@ronnatalie.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> It has been F-Suck since we first got a copy.
> >>
> >>
> >> My favorite UNIX quote was Ken Thompson (I hope I’m getting this right
> Ken), when asked if he could do it over again, if he’d change anything.
> >> He said he’d put an “e” on the end of creat.
> >>
> >> I’ve always pronounced it CREE-AT.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>

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  reply	other threads:[~2020-02-11  6:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 82+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-01-08  7:39 [TUHS] screen editors Thomas Paulsen
2020-01-08 15:58 ` Steve Nickolas
2020-01-08 23:41   ` Dave Horsfall
2020-01-09  1:43     ` Nemo Nusquam
2020-01-08 21:49 ` Dave Horsfall
2020-01-08 22:01   ` Clem Cole
2020-01-17 23:38     ` Dave Horsfall
2020-01-18  0:07       ` Ryan Casalino
2020-01-18 23:02       ` greg travis
2020-01-10  8:13   ` markus schnalke
2020-01-10  8:17     ` U'll Be King of the Stars
2020-01-11 19:58       ` markus schnalke
2020-01-11 20:54         ` Derek Fawcus
2020-01-11 21:27         ` Henry Bent
2020-02-04  8:40         ` Sijmen J. Mulder
2020-02-04 20:14           ` [TUHS] pronouncing *nix formulas (was: screen editors) G. Branden Robinson
2020-02-04 21:05             ` Dave Horsfall
2020-02-04 21:52               ` Derek Fawcus
2020-02-04 23:27                 ` Rob Pike
2020-02-05  3:34                   ` Warner Losh
2020-02-05  9:49                   ` Angelo Papenhoff
2020-02-05 11:40                     ` Rob Pike
2020-02-05 11:43                       ` Brantley Coile
2020-02-05 10:58                   ` Ralph Corderoy
2020-02-05 11:45                     ` Rob Pike
2020-02-05  8:45             ` arnold
2020-02-05 13:35               ` Clem cole
2020-02-05 16:11                 ` [TUHS] pronouncing *nix formulas Arthur Krewat
2020-02-05 16:16                   ` Clem Cole
2020-02-05 17:05                     ` Jon Steinhart
2020-02-05 17:09                       ` Clem Cole
2020-02-08  3:31                         ` Ronald Natalie
2020-02-08  4:19                           ` Rob Pike
2020-02-11  1:16                             ` George Michaelson
2020-02-11  6:38                               ` Rob Pike [this message]
2020-02-05 20:26                       ` David Arnold
2020-02-05 19:37                 ` [TUHS] pronouncing *nix formulas (was: screen editors) Dave Horsfall
2020-02-05 19:57                   ` Clem Cole
2020-02-05 20:50                 ` Rob Pike
2020-02-05 21:43                   ` Clem Cole
2020-02-05 21:59                   ` Steve Nickolas
2020-02-05 22:22                   ` Ed Carp
2020-02-06  2:43                     ` Dan Cross
2020-02-06  3:00                       ` Larry McVoy
2020-02-06  5:20                         ` Vincenzo Nicosia
2020-02-06 14:54                           ` Richard Salz
2020-02-06 15:10                             ` [TUHS] pronouncing *nix formulas Lars Brinkhoff
2020-02-06 20:14                               ` Dave Horsfall
2020-02-06 20:20                                 ` Warner Losh
2020-02-06 19:55                       ` [TUHS] pronouncing *nix formulas (was: screen editors) Dave Horsfall
2020-02-06 21:48                         ` Michael Parson
2020-02-06 23:56                           ` Michael Parson
2020-02-06 22:17                         ` Clem Cole
2020-02-07  0:21                         ` [TUHS] finger usage (was: pronouncing *nix formulas (was: screen editors)) Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2020-02-07  0:27                           ` Steve Nickolas
2020-02-07  0:54                             ` [TUHS] finger usage (was: pronouncing *nix formulas Arthur Krewat
2020-02-07  1:00                               ` Richard Salz
2020-02-07  5:26                               ` Peter Jeremy
2020-02-07  4:31                             ` [TUHS] finger usage (was: pronouncing *nix formulas (was: screen editors)) Dave Horsfall
2020-02-07  5:07                               ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2020-02-07  5:39                                 ` Steve Nickolas
2020-02-07 21:39                                   ` Dave Horsfall
2020-02-07 16:14                                 ` Arthur Krewat
2020-02-07 22:37                                 ` Dave Horsfall
2020-02-07  4:23                           ` Dave Horsfall
2020-02-06  2:23                   ` [TUHS] pronouncing *nix formulas (was: screen editors) Dan Cross
2020-02-06  2:31                     ` Dave Horsfall
2020-02-05 19:08               ` Dave Horsfall
2020-02-05 21:01                 ` Nemo
2020-02-05 22:06                   ` Dave Horsfall
2020-01-10 13:41     ` [TUHS] screen editors / machine load Mike Markowski
2020-01-10 13:56       ` Otto Moerbeek
2020-01-10 15:00       ` Mary Ann Horton
2020-01-10 15:48         ` Clem Cole
2020-01-10 22:18           ` Adam Thornton
2020-01-11  0:30             ` Christopher Browne
2020-01-10 15:31     ` [TUHS] screen editors Nemo Nusquam
2020-01-10 16:04       ` Clem Cole
2020-01-10 17:10       ` Dan Cross
2020-01-10 17:18         ` Steve Nickolas
2020-01-18  1:55           ` Michael Parson
2020-01-10 15:58     ` Theodore Y. Ts'o

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