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=0.3 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RDNS_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: (qmail 6449 invoked from network); 14 Mar 2020 00:41:24 -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 unknown (HELO minnie.tuhs.org) (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTP; 14 Mar 2020 00:41:24 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 78E079CD8D; Sat, 14 Mar 2020 10:41:20 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3EDD9CD73; Sat, 14 Mar 2020 10:40:54 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 960D59CD73; Sat, 14 Mar 2020 10:40:51 +1000 (AEST) Received: from viclamta06p.bpe.bigpond.com (viclamta06p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.70]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A15269CD60 for ; Sat, 14 Mar 2020 10:40:50 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.26.4]) by viclafep06p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20200314004048.ODBA31014.viclafep06p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Sat, 14 Mar 2020 11:40:48 +1100 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedugedruddvkedgvdeiucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuuffpveftpgfvgffnuffvtfetpdfqfgfvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemucegtddtnecunecujfgurhepfffhvffujgfkfhgfgggtsehttddttddtredvnecuhfhrohhmpeffrghvvgcujfhorhhsfhgrlhhluceouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqnecukfhppeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehhvghloheprghnvghurhhinhdrhhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgpdhinhgvthepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffedpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpeeouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqpdhrtghpthhtohepoehtuhhhshesthhuhhhsrdhorhhgqe X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (5.8.418) id 5E00C71E0E5B6119 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Sat, 14 Mar 2020 11:40:48 +1100 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 02E0elVR093144 for ; Sat, 14 Mar 2020 11:40:47 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id 02E0ejaq093141 for ; Sat, 14 Mar 2020 11:40:47 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 11:40:45 +1100 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: <202003132331.02DNVaxN061501@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> Message-ID: References: <202003132331.02DNVaxN061501@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Re: [TUHS] The most surprising Unix programs 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: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Fri, 13 Mar 2020, Doug McIlroy wrote: [ List elided ] For me coming from RSX-11D and RSTS/E it would have to be the shell; I never realised that the command interpreter could be divorced from the OS, along with the concept of building new tools with pipes. Don't like how the shell works? Then just write your own, as there was nothing special about it... > Originators of nearly half the list--pascal, struct, parts, eqn--were > women, well beyond women's demographic share of computer science. I never realised that; it is indeed worth remembering. -- Dave