From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [50.116.15.146]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E4B3268D7 for ; Mon, 4 Mar 2024 19:41:15 +0100 (CET) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE6A5436DB; Tue, 5 Mar 2024 04:41:11 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tuhs.org; s=dkim; t=1709577671; h=from:from:reply-to:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding:list-id:list-help: list-owner:list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-post; bh=sTlhbajXadF02rKadfidxy+BFv6rqTb9kwMxWfC/3Nw=; b=FXODGXdDE48e/IGm2ZE21AbooYpWZcObVomWCyjgzO6FDR6cb+5L98cFFQBZQcvShT9pXY OOQG6R+c02meS192orGRLA6+PftxupS4+YLbzRm6w0HnBDd7TJpMAPH/640/0GXs4h52/T Er1xLRMmwv56DYQuLM0YOrugODxkJo8= Received: from mail-40141.protonmail.ch (mail-40141.protonmail.ch [185.70.40.141]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 052F8436DA for ; Tue, 5 Mar 2024 04:41:07 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1709577664; x=1709836864; bh=sTlhbajXadF02rKadfidxy+BFv6rqTb9kwMxWfC/3Nw=; h=Date:To:From:Subject:Message-ID:Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date: Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID:Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=ArYweedVDgDrT7y138W7nozSr4cFVWaa/kkGMRZnBIy8ml2Z/n2YySGnVnJS6ARzv geZOx05DRfG27GaLZx+mKOvvQ4NrxzvtdQT52yw5DBo80A0XPgqt44vN1UuvJzzvVR wpnoHG9p2oWMskmooUsPvwrVGEVvAre72QUPU7QHly6pEPm6aP+d9qP8QQg9SHvv+t yNuS+uKwEcpUsxpSLAaTXd2VcuKOI1WarlZTidUzsLhnwVlTmgD4TBU+aCm2ylg4+8 gJiBISc/rAW23RthO4Kg/o6SmBAh24/gSz3YhKZ5PlzaI1XzYUKk55QrQhekugDMIU MK2ErpylQATag== Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2024 18:40:40 +0000 To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Message-ID: Feedback-ID: 35591162:user:proton MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID-Hash: ALZTXGMW3V3CIBUR7I6LMRVZGF6VC7NQ X-Message-ID-Hash: ALZTXGMW3V3CIBUR7I6LMRVZGF6VC7NQ X-MailFrom: segaloco@protonmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Lions' Commentary Revisions? List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: From: segaloco via TUHS Reply-To: segaloco I hope everyone's having a lovely tail end of whichever season is gracing y= our hemisphere. Had some surprise snow this morning up in the NW corner of the= US, hoping it bodes well for a mild summer. I'm curious, is anyone aware of any attempts to revise John Lions's UNIX Commentary for versions beyond the Sixth Edition? Having finished my disassembly of the classic video game Dragon Quest this past year, I'm now = doing some planning for a similar work and have considered practicing the art a l= ittle by doing some diffing of V6 and V7 and feeling out the process by putting d= own some revisions, that way I've got some of the flow and kinks worked out bef= ore I start on my own "Commentary on Dragon Quest" manuscript. I'd hate to doubl= e up on something someone else has already done though, so if V7 for instance ha= s gotten this treatment, then perhaps focusing on PWB or the CB-UNIX kernel w= ould minimize the potential rehashing. Also if anyone has any thoughts, suggestions, etc. from their own experienc= es working up very detailed source-level documentation of a large software pro= duct, I'd certainly be interested, as I know this is going to turn into quite the sprawling undertaking once I really get going, especially if I try and work= in the differences between the Japanese and U.S. releases (of which there are = many.) - Matt G.