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=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 28245 invoked from network); 7 Sep 2022 02:33:39 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 7 Sep 2022 02:33:39 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EF6C40E77; Wed, 7 Sep 2022 12:33:34 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tuhs.org; s=dkim; t=1662518014; h=from:from:reply-to:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references:list-id:list-help: list-owner:list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-post; bh=YlYUnaskcT+bkNkkKMvufvV/FiWG9pZEojRrkQPA1Zc=; b=QhwM++weOfQpykbBZg937VgA3zGutM/DhbLzVrpyfw6W3bbh1MfOFDv4Q3bzYQw52AhRAY 7dUvBOAx2ElOjHYkZ321HW12Fb80DB1lJHJ3ekAn0Idozrl7PQP8a5Z2ypONfMH7TaTEwO KTqlZEw3zs9NOWFtRo7yRXvjwHTSsQ8= Received: from mail-4325.protonmail.ch (mail-4325.protonmail.ch [185.70.43.25]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EBB5B40E5B for ; Wed, 7 Sep 2022 12:33:27 +1000 (AEST) Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2022 02:33:20 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1662518005; x=1662777205; bh=YlYUnaskcT+bkNkkKMvufvV/FiWG9pZEojRrkQPA1Zc=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Reply-To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To: References:Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To: Feedback-ID:Message-ID; b=SnOAvLRwrwhsygO6UxFBciRx5IlKvfHR1oeZaq+W7iZ0hTxHOf9nLoaOxVGxNtKQJ 9Zi8nh5V02XgP+8nQty0GIxoKDQeur5eMi9QIe9QQqKjK0HeZkIAiJsD6tpwJ7tlSq dO7S8wvSMFRWPkSYDZLHYyFob/sTYIpcCQYF+Gc/IltlAucAvmIINelCGW9UmJiS8f XZiGDYUB6AMphFyeZq8OHJ+Ypj/Fa4vSGDBq+X2Q6oHjHC5/p2b9FXht8XgmIOgwIj 2AnDrQcAqTzD5GeTGnFp3BwcYEJ3F7XwZqZbJ97tRSNcAftqWaWnosQENNQnyjB6KU eW7cF3/fe6hdQ== To: steve jenkin Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Feedback-ID: 35591162:user:proton MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID-Hash: TVOODGAOUC4UOVRVV6P3HTAOSRTXGG2L X-Message-ID-Hash: TVOODGAOUC4UOVRVV6P3HTAOSRTXGG2L X-MailFrom: segaloco@protonmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: TUHS X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Has this been discussed on-list? How Unix changed Software. 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=E2=80=99ve read that Ken wrote the kernel with an eye to it being a cod= ing exemplar. > Deliberately wrote consistent, high quality code. >From UNIX Implementation: What is or is not implemented in the kernel represents both a great respons= ibility and a great power. It is a soap-box platform on "the way things sh= ould be done." - Ken Thompson, 1977 This paper can be found in the BSTJ Vol. 57, No. 6 as well as various "Docu= ments for UNIX" compilations such as the Version 7 manual Volume 2. - Matt G.