From: imp@bsdimp.com (Warner Losh)
Subject: [TUHS] long lived programs (was Re: RIP John Backus
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 15:36:02 -0600 [thread overview]
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On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 3:23 PM, Clem Cole <clemc at ccc.com> wrote:
>
> Which bringing this back to UNIX. Linux is the UNIX disruptor - which is
> great. Linux keeps 'UNIX' alive and getting better. I don't see an
> economic reason to replace it, but who knows. Maybe that's what the new
> good folks at Goggle, Amazon, Intel or some University is doing. But so
> far, the economics is not there.
>
Speaking of how ancient code works... There's still AT&T code dating to v5
or older in *BSD.... It's been updated, improved upon, parts replaced, etc.
But there's still some bits dating all the way back to those early times.
Having competition from Linux is great and keeps the BSDs honest...
Warner
> ᐧ
>
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2018-03-17 20:14 ` [TUHS] " Paul McJones
2018-03-17 22:27 ` Steve Johnson
2018-03-22 21:05 ` [TUHS] long lived programs (was " Bakul Shah
2018-03-22 21:35 ` Clem Cole
2018-03-23 19:28 ` Bakul Shah
2018-03-23 19:44 ` Larry McVoy
2018-03-23 21:23 ` Clem Cole
2018-03-23 21:36 ` Warner Losh [this message]
2018-03-23 22:02 ` Steve Johnson
2018-03-26 13:43 ` Tim Bradshaw
2018-03-26 16:19 ` Paul Winalski
2018-03-26 16:41 ` Arthur Krewat
2018-03-26 19:53 ` Larry McVoy
2018-03-27 1:08 ` Clem Cole
2018-03-26 19:04 ` Bakul Shah
2018-03-27 1:21 ` Steve Johnson
2018-03-27 1:46 ` Clem Cole
2018-03-23 10:43 ` Tim Bradshaw
[not found] ` <CAC20D2P1CZwaD0uJpMhWg11muDeH9rEn3X+AUjXvwMKsNjs7ng@mail.gmail.com>
2018-03-26 0:53 ` [TUHS] Fwd: " Clem Cole
2018-03-23 2:53 [TUHS] " Doug McIlroy
2018-03-23 18:27 ` Bakul Shah
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