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=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, 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 2767286a for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2020 06:33:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 30FA19BD0A; Tue, 11 Feb 2020 16:33:54 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDCBF9BCE3; Tue, 11 Feb 2020 16:33:24 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="J0cI76ss"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id DFD4C9BCE3; Tue, 11 Feb 2020 16:33:21 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ua1-f43.google.com (mail-ua1-f43.google.com [209.85.222.43]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5B3CF9BCDE for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2020 16:33:21 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ua1-f43.google.com with SMTP id 1so3548146uao.1 for ; Mon, 10 Feb 2020 22:33:21 -0800 (PST) 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=zgBOwg2lnCyHR72WJEY59sc8vThAYZyKPGnZLUQVF1Y=; b=J0cI76ssqndbcWzzhqpqqDmqh2pfEoqjaAzLLc+WXAiQ2sPIPXHEZ7ZyZ5jmmUegbY zzJmoQZ4J6uLBy/4UvaFHJgK8WHXSyXJNEK5dMz4YVaxOSgsxbkMmWFQMibVIl/CYtf0 OjbkdLVdoRni8aM3ud2kfJbJLSAejJITLm5USz751C8fL71kDR72SO+CoyUwitUYQZkp sK0xqzLX7baywHZybwvquqitYmDhS1fTPuOWaK+anvER/r5UHkkCZs7T9+q2PDIjZBSu N848sbWHrg5Qg5ID6cs2g6Gbo+ZN8ZbnBxqHiRUYjlv5q/cSwoshuWYirERueRF90WfE 7cQg== 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=zgBOwg2lnCyHR72WJEY59sc8vThAYZyKPGnZLUQVF1Y=; b=rO/7giVTkSJNl1N5Mumi2Dczoc0XgU5bStUwcyZPG2f1v9Ua4w9wLziNEfLJC31xOz DeMM8oC4nFkVgKIrAZaLGJpBMdU9qvhrGaytHnnaVq7dvNMV5clpaHbvdfVjdQxWaQgo y89vj6V8ViOOVJ3mcLJp4S/eXuN6hgp6+P+CmHyQUDyWRNGwKfwtuIJeZW9jQOTECAqF kjo/8ksZcym08YvHsKHxZSA/MyhhKDnpizClGTI8+XfjwCbEmE7yqZY5QWIMABoLJ/CO 45uzt4cfBdMthXNUtytrOjqG9ewb58wfVw92tzAg/8H2Chrn1KHeVbYgpFPbehFNdyDV cMpA== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVyfkWUBYuG7yTRSfHfUdxKUM7B+vmiR1Q7R31mfEVR7tUHgFaD jfqayG28l//jtetMvCyd1BzfmltY5IzWrCiaLLk= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwqzzX1Cyg0jEgsad6+LB2ImR73VL2LObdQweS/gzgyj/ZFVS80m3nnLd2nGNodNCcQbA4trfwJtbuy4n2ROuU= X-Received: by 2002:ab0:7612:: with SMTP id o18mr845611uap.73.1581402800364; Mon, 10 Feb 2020 22:33:20 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <202002110332.01B3WwWE015186@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> In-Reply-To: <202002110332.01B3WwWE015186@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> From: Rob Pike Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 17:33:09 +1100 Message-ID: To: Doug McIlroy Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000029a327059e4708aa" Subject: Re: [TUHS] V9 shell [was Re: Warner's Early Unix Presentation] 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: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --00000000000029a327059e4708aa Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 2:34 PM Doug McIlroy wrote: > > What i like is the autocorrect feature in v8: > > > > $ cd /usr/blot > > /usr/blit > > $ pwd > > /usr/blit > > I didn't like some Lisp systems' DWIM (do what I mean) when I > first heard about the feature, and I like it even less 40-some > years on. I would probably have remonstrated with Rob had I > realized the shell was doing it. > It was td, and there is an implementation of sorts in The Unix Programming Environment. -rob --00000000000029a327059e4708aa Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable --00000000000029a327059e4708aa--