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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 26148 invoked from network); 8 Jul 2022 16:03:08 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 8 Jul 2022 16:03:08 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31D924088C; Sat, 9 Jul 2022 02:03:00 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ej1-f46.google.com (mail-ej1-f46.google.com [209.85.218.46]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A3BAF407FA for ; Sat, 9 Jul 2022 02:02:55 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ej1-f46.google.com with SMTP id u15so14010726ejx.9 for ; Fri, 08 Jul 2022 09:02:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=vUGZDqnG/TsWsU+elRTv1+bGfUUEAaSOrOqp9iD6NlU=; b=cvK2kFGcBO+Yqx9ZJyMtYbrU/pGewKI18hr6FGRhILd9tIOG0fFX3431eMXsWrg6Lt 9UdPiIz0Ve5dOxMHt+nqSvalPwr7dinHDIYRTEWb+7hhinyCwFH50IENy2NTng3r5TwR fnl7dRXDA3ZOF0bacUhbm+Cz9V3NXUJ6+AgmWAEmwlfTBBXMcqXg+5faXnDvEiOHnlRQ gbVuZ3HoKZsKhi0sdro2noFP53WS0/NSIQIKZez0vGb531WgDxsZHE5+PaCQ4lqYYIHh OgjcW6s32RPDRLZgHVn7pJh+BqVArTxeWhigCeB6t4lkFFRbsz5YaHZUjgT3IBIxpfNB b+Kw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=vUGZDqnG/TsWsU+elRTv1+bGfUUEAaSOrOqp9iD6NlU=; b=BH59FgjOu22i68vEKKHz5JkztaUdyatPU9zIkCW6/dM0Y5B4F+Y8zsK9TTeOyHLek/ bV+jncfYQ6zaN+8uvIB0vx/yD1inv+8N+NsILyWYVjlbDJ4x1OSm4yE7aTFlHlJNJkgK 68s3SGuVMAwe1XQ0Fyyy7gijQKBBpEHGDupzTnsYxNb8Ls9OCKGuPtiTc59716PqP+ml FairC+8Hxo/C9gRp+D+RCxyMHHMYYd5Ce3KsqSYlErBjslbVu5PgbETj5HCpuH9hCVTD Z5PPh4fIwbZoHEfZvJBbO00h8yxcjsFp6l42C3dUIMMg6HFsb2K8KS/k+HxO3pxP78E2 7JEA== X-Gm-Message-State: AJIora97R//AjhZdNxuBAtdaxoYVWLLZB1YziGDrK0vdYXGkIIQ2xkZs cQmYjcMH0X/3udugR8T2VnSIWJvRte2/iv5gDInrZgOQRxk= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGRyM1vp/3Zh6PzZox0JU9SuVhpe6dzEXWRdfrBLIIzEcNqr7X3+RpZeir47g1WRWrldGTdn5tJLAP5BwA0Xc8eKpWU= X-Received: by 2002:a17:907:7e81:b0:726:2912:7467 with SMTP id qb1-20020a1709077e8100b0072629127467mr4196321ejc.373.1657296114011; Fri, 08 Jul 2022 09:01:54 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Ken Thompson Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2022 09:01:43 -0700 Message-ID: To: Douglas McIlroy Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000029d10505e34d5224" Message-ID-Hash: 42RZBT22P7K45A5QFEJGQWITH7WDTIAH X-Message-ID-Hash: 42RZBT22P7K45A5QFEJGQWITH7WDTIAH X-MailFrom: kenbob@gmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: TUHS main list X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: ed: multiple addresses (with semicolons) List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --00000000000029d10505e34d5224 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 6:24 AM Douglas McIlroy < douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu> wrote: > The interpretation of a string of addresses separated by commas and/or > semicolons was already defined in the v1 man page for ed. > > Ed was essentially a stripped-down version of Multics qed. The latter > was originally > written by Ken. Unfortunately the "Multics Condensed Guide" online at > multicians.org describes how strings of addresses were interpreted > only by canonical examples for the various editing requests. > > I have no specific memory of semicolons in qed. I have a vague > recollection that semicolons originated in ed, however you should put > no trust in this. Maybe Ken remembers. > > Doug > String of addresses was same for qed and ed. --00000000000029d10505e34d5224 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 6:24 AM Douglas McIlroy <douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu= > wrote:
The interpretation of a= string of addresses separated by commas and/or
semicolons was already defined in the v1 man page for ed.

Ed was essentially a stripped-down version of Multics qed. The latter
was originally
written by Ken. Unfortunately the "Multics Condensed Guide" onlin= e at
mult= icians.org describes how strings of addresses were interpreted
only by canonical examples for the various editing requests.

I=C2=A0 have no specific memory of semicolons in qed. I have a vague
recollection that semicolons originated in ed, however you should put
no trust in this. Maybe Ken remembers.

Doug
String of addresses was same for qed and ed.

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