From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 4878 invoked from network); 24 Jun 2020 21:08:56 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 24 Jun 2020 21:08:56 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 54C85945B4; Thu, 25 Jun 2020 07:08:52 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99F489459A; Thu, 25 Jun 2020 07:08:32 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id A881B9459A; Thu, 25 Jun 2020 07:08:30 +1000 (AEST) Received: from viclamta10p.bpe.bigpond.com (viclamta10p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.74]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CA7F694599 for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2020 07:08:29 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.26.4]) by viclafep10p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20200624210827.TMUO3784.viclafep10p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2020 07:08:27 +1000 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduhedrudekjedgudehudcutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfupfevtfgpvffgnffuvffttedpqfgfvfenuceurghilhhouhhtmecugedttdenucenucfjughrpeffhffvufgjkfhffgggtgesthdttddttdervdenucfhrhhomhepffgrvhgvucfjohhrshhfrghllhcuoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeekieetjeeuuefhfeeguedvudeifeevudfgvedtffekhfffjeekhfdutdetheethfenucfkphepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhephhgvlhhopegrnhgvuhhrihhnrdhhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrghdpihhnvghtpeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefpdhmrghilhhfrhhomhepoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqedprhgtphhtthhopeeothhuhhhssehtuhhhshdrohhrgheq 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 (5.8.420) id 5E8A6D750E243386 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2020 07:08:27 +1000 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 05OL8Qa5071684 for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2020 07:08:26 +1000 (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 05OL8Q7W071681 for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2020 07:08:26 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 07:08:24 +1000 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: <202006240514.05O5E1u9008730@freefriends.org> Message-ID: References: <4FC7FA55-5035-41A2-B52F-AE26DC8BED2C@planet.nl> <20200623140124.GR22291@mcvoy.com> <202006240514.05O5E1u9008730@freefriends.org> 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] VFS prior to 1984 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 Tue, 23 Jun 2020, arnold@skeeve.com wrote: > Well, it's a progression, isn't it? As ideas are tried out, they are > used and then refined, and used and refined further. Multics did that > for its predecessors, Unix did that for Multics, and Plan 9 did that for > Unix. The key difference in Unix and Plan 9 from others being the > continual goal towards refinement through simplification. "Make things as simple as possible, but no simpler." -- Dave