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=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 28675 invoked from network); 10 Jul 2021 21:56:26 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 10 Jul 2021 21:56:26 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id CFDEC94B7C; Sun, 11 Jul 2021 07:56:10 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72D0B94621; Sun, 11 Jul 2021 07:55:37 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="W6NwGbAb"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id B959A93D9C; Sun, 11 Jul 2021 07:55:25 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-pg1-f173.google.com (mail-pg1-f173.google.com [209.85.215.173]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F26B594489 for ; Sun, 11 Jul 2021 07:55:23 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-pg1-f173.google.com with SMTP id v7so13910338pgl.2 for ; Sat, 10 Jul 2021 14:55:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=lV7E1hve2OKJU7n9Q06DaaSorQbVn1vw2cfQHYfs2rI=; b=W6NwGbAbWpr6fzSPiARu78zxrxpSjS+53pAqvJPijS64YB020HYc1YwsS1pXP50GZv bGF7a/iAU8yfKXXv0RsP5ppzHHWtpZHrcDS/knffbFlsFneIyZCryBGxnq3AcAt0y+0C FvunYKRocssFiRJk+4AzkixQ7KRPSsyo+dROsoZImL1ffB87NUrxNKmKV4yBJaAz8qEq fafPMx9PMztMSNB6Q4FEJKuJTjcEdpjcwvoyv2BR1lIl4PFJUqwvTXay+8qnBvE7mK9l cWcsTekwVUv8uYna9Nzl5fuA69rFyIYq37swJE9W8fFjB0/VgLWDoOc/jT1nQlEPljjW PPMQ== 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:cc; bh=lV7E1hve2OKJU7n9Q06DaaSorQbVn1vw2cfQHYfs2rI=; b=MfjRjr5f2bL30454MHLlA42ceECEdi3kzkzrvIQrw2LXXS2ngb/GNgBYvZjp1VEQ3k ZszWFdasI4k34IEOGNk8ioxENRWDhsypz7pYkdyJ+vWgKOv7did6oKCP8uIaQH1ixF3J xzi2l8DZJJFxxjM/Ypa6oYO8Sm7udtyfBktnR4TKuAi+D+3ruaPBJ9qfmqtm1E5/4Qjs IWFo960EmK+ELYHVvhH4j1G3/Khxb5to9sFf69367pVx1hJx6lDXZNQp8VMuAO2DEMT4 428kcewGOzTb6AV8RndsIaPTxZIQBsA3AWdD8NUJHArMecSXCA8w6TNIVyMD9GQu6fF8 nZ+A== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533VAfon6sO7t1aM4gvBgqn9YKnDVLAu3ni0c1GzFO+iciHxy2up Y7R1Wsi03uy/GoydiLPpa/ZQpSGXA+FF65ENVUA= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJw7UUCfgHv0Et4AXCw5fCj6NZBvykyzlE2P/4WPd6s2owl2nv/kQT6fZiTZHBsyHp9ycB+tI/GBbynoqD57obc= X-Received: by 2002:a62:d108:0:b029:304:33e5:4dde with SMTP id z8-20020a62d1080000b029030433e54ddemr45137879pfg.74.1625954123449; Sat, 10 Jul 2021 14:55:23 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <202107102011.16AKBaVh2824331@darkstar.fourwinds.com> In-Reply-To: From: Rob Pike Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2021 07:55:12 +1000 Message-ID: To: Jon Steinhart Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000f3092605c6cbf12d" Subject: Re: [TUHS] The Unix shell: a 50-year view - hopefully final review of letter 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: , Cc: TUHS main list Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --000000000000f3092605c6cbf12d Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable (There were some =E2=84=A2's in there too.) On Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 7:54 AM Rob Pike wrote: > Yes, a related issue came up when dmr rebelled when the lawyers made him > rewrite a phrase when reprinting a paper in the BSTJ. For some reason, he > didn't prefer the rewrite: "PDP-11 computer system UNIX system file syste= m". > > -rob > > > On Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 6:12 AM Jon Steinhart wrote: > >> Nelson H. F. Beebe writes: >> > Jon Steinhart writes >> > >> > > I use UNIX instead of Unix as that's what I believe is the correct >> form. >> > >> > Brian Kernighan addresses this issue in section 7.3 of his >> > recent memoir: it has "UNIX A History and a Memoir" on the >> > cover, but prefers "Unix" in the rest of that book, except >> > in the noted section. He also refers back to the 1984 >> > book with Rob Pike, "The UNIX Programming Environment", >> > in which the typography uses small caps for "UNIX". >> >> Yeah, small caps was what I always considered correct. >> > --000000000000f3092605c6cbf12d Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
(There were some =E2=84=A2's in there too.)

<= br>
On Sun,= Jul 11, 2021 at 7:54 AM Rob Pike <= robpike@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes, a related issue came up when dmr reb= elled when the lawyers made him rewrite a phrase when reprinting a paper in= the BSTJ. For some reason, he didn't prefer the rewrite: "PDP-11 = computer system UNIX system file system".

-rob


On Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 6:12 AM Jon Steinhart <jon@fourwinds.com> w= rote:
Nelson H. = F. Beebe writes:
> Jon Steinhart writes
>
> > I use UNIX instead of Unix as that's what I believe is the co= rrect form.
>
> Brian Kernighan addresses this issue in section 7.3 of his
> recent memoir: it has "UNIX A History and a Memoir" on the > cover, but prefers "Unix" in the rest of that book, except > in the noted section.=C2=A0 He also refers back to the 1984
> book with Rob Pike, "The UNIX Programming Environment",
> in which the typography uses small caps for "UNIX".

Yeah, small caps was what I always considered correct.
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