From: jaapna@xs4all.nl (Jaap Akkerhuis)
Subject: [TUHS] Is the Teletype the unsung hero of Unix?
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 20:47:32 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CFF5AEFB-6F0D-4B2A-99DA-4A3E795F3D88@xs4all.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201603251443.u2PEh8OZ019856@skeeve.com>
> <SNIP>
> One of Unix's signature hallmarks is its terseness: short command names
> like mv, ln, cp, cc, ed; short options (a dash and a single letter),
> programs with just a few, if any, options at all, and short path names:
> "usr" instead of "user", "src" instead of "source" and so on.
> <SNIP>
Peter Collinson wrote in 1983 an article on this subject. It is
available at <http://www.hillside.co.uk/articles/typing.html>.
jaap
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-03-25 19:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-03-25 14:43 Aharon Robbins
2016-03-25 19:47 ` Jaap Akkerhuis [this message]
2016-03-25 21:03 ` Diomidis Spinellis
2016-03-28 20:12 ` scj
2016-04-01 14:06 ` Dave Horsfall
2016-04-01 22:41 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2016-03-25 21:29 ` [TUHS] Command-line options Warren Toomey
2016-03-25 23:25 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2016-03-26 2:10 ` John Cowan
2016-03-26 3:09 ` Charles Anthony
2016-03-26 19:43 ` Clem Cole
2016-03-26 20:54 ` Ronald Natalie
2016-03-26 22:05 ` John Cowan
2016-03-27 1:25 ` Dave Horsfall
2016-03-27 1:50 ` Charles Anthony
2016-03-27 2:01 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2016-03-27 6:18 ` Random832
2016-03-27 6:57 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2016-03-27 19:38 ` Dave Horsfall
2016-03-27 1:35 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2016-03-26 3:54 ` [TUHS] Is the Teletype the unsung hero of Unix? Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2016-03-26 4:30 ` Steve Nickolas
2016-03-26 5:44 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2016-03-26 8:33 ` Steve Nickolas
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2016-04-02 2:17 ` Johnny Billquist
2016-04-02 2:35 ` Charles Anthony
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