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 28529 invoked from network); 10 Jul 2021 21:55:28 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 10 Jul 2021 21:55:28 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 3EF39944B8; Sun, 11 Jul 2021 07:55:26 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E50BF93D85; Sun, 11 Jul 2021 07:54:39 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="qaATc9Hu"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id BD74793D85; Sun, 11 Jul 2021 07:54:38 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-pg1-f171.google.com (mail-pg1-f171.google.com [209.85.215.171]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 00DE793D3C for ; Sun, 11 Jul 2021 07:54:37 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-pg1-f171.google.com with SMTP id y17so13864759pgf.12 for ; Sat, 10 Jul 2021 14:54:37 -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=tQ7isOzhhPWdj5VSPzpOwLzD68DYH5IicwG//1RF5TA=; b=qaATc9HuuVepTn4iPz7l3nMuL+Z2IlmIG1O4KkjRuLilYkACpSHW+JxOvUcGZTbJ7k BVXmDOZ3cy6sjXoEH2ZztLBLo+bZve6X9kLbCivMDRP/+F30B+g+wwX+RBWAMCYV5ml0 OGyp5LrybjoPOQ6RFgxXrB9Bm53c8VT6+YhMfA13LYzEBYaUU2Gjf6PePOp9RDFteKhz 9Tnq33Gh9M7diTTITdosdkx1dvZ4WNBoB4QxktYijsWiMHLJvkwoYao7NrWbu2iZflOw zlFakcKNzSM7gHC7LnLYHKq4eoLKXLS+cWKME9ik4MyactK7lqC1FdvWDDCIfzuyccfc 0IxQ== 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=tQ7isOzhhPWdj5VSPzpOwLzD68DYH5IicwG//1RF5TA=; b=qb3VpVPdPLNTK0H6bkH6TVjto8ZUTJWFeisgyXG3KTdn4kki77nB9VlO8DjXwVVrW0 UzMoUu0Z5VhQT+lB0X7eZWtqgrU/XiDULbF15y0mshXkVl98gb5jynji9rATNd1Vk2qa QJTq4OGkSbKhgXBsMk9twP0/x/N3lhWuPns5LWdzYzkRFtblZXt6dq+Qo28DTXuxksL3 jftTvvE/xEICpt/B513dVQFDXqqI2fz9KCVjYXRb6j0OpoX/hu9WHXLNXYEbsMQjzE2E oRT0+DfT3/SDALNbrLFfq/TadRPx5wP9gyhKE4Bs7gDP89709hZ81viKhNOgkr+ooiPD JELg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532XS+xDgY8hLkQ2fvuPETJ4bBvlN0fY170Ck4GvkEjS8de+J4o6 50WMzxhsUn+NLGlxXlLn7qQ/Xq23U9gb7kfA6q4= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwy9ZrevgVRghzcJR4TCf4LZ3S6RiXR8YELPUbOfuNbe1BOUH1HyBtrylB4vLOXfReYr9C/xgxm8n2CcM+NeO4= X-Received: by 2002:a65:6487:: with SMTP id e7mr45282211pgv.27.1625954077320; Sat, 10 Jul 2021 14:54:37 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <202107102011.16AKBaVh2824331@darkstar.fourwinds.com> In-Reply-To: <202107102011.16AKBaVh2824331@darkstar.fourwinds.com> From: Rob Pike Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2021 07:54:26 +1000 Message-ID: To: Jon Steinhart Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000003327cd05c6cbef35" 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" --0000000000003327cd05c6cbef35 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" 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 system". -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. > --0000000000003327cd05c6cbef35 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Yes, a related issue came up when dmr rebelled when the la= wyers made him rewrite a phrase when reprinting a paper in the BSTJ. For so= me reason, he didn't prefer the rewrite: "PDP-11 computer system U= NIX system file system".

-rob

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O= n Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 6:12 AM Jon Steinhart <jon@fourwinds.com> wrote:
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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