From: usotsuki@buric.co (Steve Nickolas)
Subject: [TUHS] Happy birthday, Ken Thompson!
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2017 07:44:22 -0500 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.02.1702040740380.37497@frieza.hoshinet.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170204123851.GF21797@yeono.kjorling.se>
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On Sat, 4 Feb 2017, Michael Kjörling wrote:
> On 4 Feb 2017 07:00 +1100, from dave at horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall):
>> Just think: without those two, we'd all be running M$ Windoze and
>> thinking that it's wonderful.
>
> I wouldn't be so sure that claim should stand uncontested, given that
> PC-DOS 2.0 (long before Windows) largely copied the concept of
> directories from UNIX. Just think how wonderful Windows would be if it
> was running on top of a file system that lacked the concept of
> directories.
MS-DOS 2 took an OS that was largely inspired by CP/M and replaced the
file API *with that of Xenix* just to add directory support. Best change
they ever made. Now if only IBM hadn't forced them to use \ as the
path separator instead of /, it would've been slightly better.
Still, MS-DOS was probably the most C-friendly system out there that
wasn't a Unix or Unix clone.
Bit hackish how they emulated piping, though didn't "Mini Unix" do the
same thing?
> Then again IIRC the original Macintosh file system had no concept of
> directories, but they somehow faked them in software. Makes you wonder
> why they went through all that trouble instead of implementing
> _proper_ support for directories/folders/filing cabinets/drawers/etc.
I believe this is correct.
-uso.
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Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-02-03 20:00 Dave Horsfall
2017-02-04 12:38 ` Michael Kjörling
2017-02-04 12:44 ` Steve Nickolas [this message]
2017-02-04 13:15 ` Michael Kjörling
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2019-02-04 23:42 Doug McIlroy
2019-02-05 3:49 ` Larry McVoy
2019-02-04 1:09 [TUHS] Happy Birthday " Doug McIlroy
2019-02-03 20:23 [TUHS] Happy birthday, " Dave Horsfall
2019-02-03 21:39 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2019-02-03 22:07 ` Dave Horsfall
2019-02-03 22:33 ` Clem Cole
2019-02-04 2:03 ` Paul Winalski
2019-02-04 3:57 ` Jason Stevens
2019-02-04 6:25 ` Peter Jeremy
2019-02-04 7:59 ` Steve Nickolas
2019-02-04 15:04 ` Dave Horsfall
2019-02-04 15:39 ` Toby Thain
2019-02-04 17:08 ` Al Kossow
2019-02-03 22:39 ` Michael Kjörling
2019-02-03 22:55 ` Steve Nickolas
2019-02-03 23:37 ` Andy Kosela
2019-02-04 0:32 ` Larry McVoy
2019-02-04 1:00 ` Steve Nickolas
2019-02-04 9:43 ` Donald ODona
2018-02-03 21:46 Norman Wilson
2018-02-03 20:57 Dave Horsfall
2018-02-03 21:12 ` Donald ODona
2018-02-03 21:59 ` Andy Kosela
2018-02-04 0:52 ` Dave Horsfall
2018-02-04 1:07 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
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2018-02-04 1:29 ` Daniel Camolês
2018-02-04 1:35 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2018-02-04 1:14 ` Warner Losh
2018-02-04 13:59 ` Theodore Ts'o
2018-02-05 13:13 ` Tony Finch
2018-02-05 15:45 ` Bakul Shah
2018-02-05 16:19 ` Clem Cole
2018-02-05 17:41 ` Bakul Shah
2018-02-05 21:58 ` Andy Kosela
2018-02-05 22:47 ` Dave Horsfall
2018-02-05 22:52 ` Toby Thain
2018-02-05 22:54 ` Dan Cross
2018-02-06 4:58 ` Theodore Ts'o
2018-02-06 5:05 ` Gregg Levine
2018-02-03 21:35 ` Will Senn
2018-02-03 21:49 ` Arthur Krewat
2018-02-03 22:59 ` Dave Horsfall
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2018-02-04 1:51 ` Daniel Camolês
2018-02-04 17:33 ` Toby Thain
2016-02-03 17:38 Dave Horsfall
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