From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: jaapna@xs4all.nl (Jaap Akkerhuis) Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 20:47:32 +0100 Subject: [TUHS] Is the Teletype the unsung hero of Unix? In-Reply-To: <201603251443.u2PEh8OZ019856@skeeve.com> References: <201603251443.u2PEh8OZ019856@skeeve.com> Message-ID: > > 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. > Peter Collinson wrote in 1983 an article on this subject. It is available at . jaap -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 235 bytes Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail URL: