From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: (qmail 32439 invoked from network); 14 Apr 2020 20:32:58 -0000 Received-SPF: pass (minnie.tuhs.org: domain of minnie.tuhs.org designates 45.79.103.53 as permitted sender) receiver=inbox.vuxu.org; client-ip=45.79.103.53 envelope-from= Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with UTF8ESMTPZ; 14 Apr 2020 20:32:58 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id DF6159C760; Wed, 15 Apr 2020 06:32:56 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C596A9C74D; Wed, 15 Apr 2020 06:32:21 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=bsdimp-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.i=@bsdimp-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.b="aaPTN6rL"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 55ED79C74D; Wed, 15 Apr 2020 06:32:18 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qv1-f47.google.com (mail-qv1-f47.google.com [209.85.219.47]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9A91D9C74C for ; Wed, 15 Apr 2020 06:32:17 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qv1-f47.google.com with SMTP id q73so622902qvq.2 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 2020 13:32:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bsdimp-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=0U/71d4KGvO6umIBbWowW+/fpegv16ylJ+9dvGIHKAE=; b=aaPTN6rLuNDnyTVghCzkT6zd2Y/rZ75COaP588yLJlleKNThDbC8IhP1mcnW7mmShm OHUAWfVcAc7rJIr6ni8o59WYhkvGyUgJROnorRqZbFve38tvJZCSM4LTb09pf6N86NMY CS5AgSgBhdRQVzG/lsMghuPW5mVi2dH05HYHVxv8Gzqam6A2F77vibFZX2VnRVjBhrJf rTphgxCJ4VISZjsiO206gWd5Xl4BoiWDUA1nu7hdDBGZcA/7R1RPYAskmsZh7C4dVxLN S5+iDazQV7Q/QnWHay7R7HPwvgViUz/2ry9YDhxBosu2iN1U6NtOP2YEZyFWZ/8ULa1t YPOg== 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=0U/71d4KGvO6umIBbWowW+/fpegv16ylJ+9dvGIHKAE=; b=pfNuLEkSvT6R14yX4y8oCGz4NaliP3Sgi63URrikGfCLp7yhmD6ORw+/ICOtR51u+K qAYZX+5yIFavi54vkBlk/PqTUayVvnrJ3fDxJGToHpnugxKX4HAGQZUQb6UfVVYzfUr4 dF+N/6Mqt2UvBp+V7/ZWXiEx/OeqnG0o4Q6S9rmkJbD/0n3aH7CMj6BP1TABmfHfFvuX W08uP0lycpZHYBfO9fq2pImmYX8phVWI9r0FdZi/iBDxstDxkK6MdWmOin8ob3WtvvIL 6ywak6GoKMqjgdl+eDHzJvNbHSEyit+L9+xwG/ehIHdt5p9f2zYx2qwAXOOWi2HPfJPx 8IPA== X-Gm-Message-State: AGi0PuZrxeFYSLEvgljosoblEpgYRh5CuG4KYSaDhpiVhsuHx430vE4k XwAdHtaJ6DCzdiNG5k6+5DczpVg9IEGlrPVYhipdyA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APiQypIT63rJnEq2W7ixVpHXO5eIpjC7tYTouf4DxfG7ZICKovU9kdJWavZcMHOls7NmiRKNIoPPYzWn98prYmym7lo= X-Received: by 2002:a0c:de12:: with SMTP id t18mr1851954qvk.202.1586896336532; Tue, 14 Apr 2020 13:32:16 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1jKkMQ-2hN-00@marmaro.de> <154b6bec-aaaf-4c40-54b9-4409e0940a05@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: From: Warner Losh Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:32:05 -0600 Message-ID: To: Steve Mynott Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000006f520b05a3461852" Subject: Re: [TUHS] First book on Unix for general readership 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" --0000000000006f520b05a3461852 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 9:27 AM Steve Mynott wrote: > On Sat, 4 Apr 2020 at 16:58, Nemo Nusquam wrote: > > > > On 04/04/20 11:05, markus schnalke wrote (in part): > > > Thus I now wonder what the first book on Unix, intended for a general > > > readership was. > > Not to be overly pedantic but what would be a "general readership"? > > I think the wikipedia article meant Bourne's "The Unix System" was > the first general introduction to UNIX. > > In the autumn of 1984 it was a recommended text book for an > introduction to computing course aimed at first year science > undergraduates at an English university. > > They taught us awk programming and basic shell commands on a VAX > running BSD 4.1 using it. I still have a copy. > > So by general readership they probably meant primer. > I think it's not the first primer, but it's one of the first. But I'll know more once I process through the half dozen books from the early 80s on Unix that just arrived from ebay... I'll post a brief review and a bibliography Warner --0000000000006f520b05a3461852 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


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On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 9:27 AM Steve= Mynott <steve.mynott@gmail.co= m> wrote:
On Sat, 4 Apr 2020 at 16:58, Nemo Nusquam <cym224@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 04/04/20 11:05, markus schnalke wrote (in part):
> > Thus I now wonder what the first book on Unix, intended for a gen= eral
> > readership was.
> Not to be overly pedantic but what would be a "general readership= "?

I think the wikipedia article meant Bourne's "The Unix System"= ;=C2=A0 was
the first general introduction to UNIX.

In the autumn of 1984 it was a recommended text book for an
introduction to computing course aimed at first year science
undergraduates at an English university.

They taught us awk programming and basic shell commands on a VAX
running BSD 4.1 using it. I still have a copy.

So by general readership they probably meant primer.
<= br>
I think it's not the first primer,=C2=A0but it's one = of the first. But I'll know more once I process through the half dozen = books from the early 80s on Unix that just arrived from ebay... I'll po= st a brief review and a bibliography


Warner
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