Just when we are having fun !!! ?? ;-) ""Christopher Kolp"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Wow, this mailing list sure attracts all kinds. > > Can we end this topic now? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 1:05 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: another OT: why you UNIX guys look down on we NT guys? > > [7:6790] > > > > > > What was your point ? That Multics sucks , and by the same > > token, therefore > > Unix sucks and NT/W2K rules !!! At least, NT/W2K was based on > > a working > > operating system. Anyone of you notice that Unix is all about > > ego ? If Unix > > is finished in 1 month, why are there still people working on > > it ? On the > > other hand, if Unix is perfect, why the hell are people > > working on it ? If > > Unix promotes innovation, why is nobody using it ? Would you > > trust you ATM > > machine to Linux ? > > > > > > > > ""Jim Dixon"" wrote in message > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > THE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE B > > > > > > ABSTRACT > > > B is a computer language designed by D. M. Ritchie and K. > > L. Thompson, for > > > primarily non-numeric applications such as system programming. These > > > typically involve complex logical decision-making, and processing of > > > integers, characters, and bit strings. On the H6070 TSS > > system, B programs > > > are usually much easier to write and understand than > > assembly language > > > programs, and object code efficiency is almost as good. > > Implementation of > > > simple TSS subsystems is an especially appropriate use for B. This > > technical > > > report contains a description of the MH-TSS (Honeywell > > 6070) version of B > > > (by S. C. Johnson), and a tutorial introduction to most of > > the features of > > > the language (by B. W. Kernighan). > > > > > > Ken Thompson > > > The principal inventor of the Unix operating system and author of > > > the B language, the predecessor of C. > > > > > > In the early days Ken used to hand-cut Unix distribution > > tapes, often with > > a > > > note that read "Love, ken". Old-timers still use his first > > name (sometimes > > > uncapitalised, because it's a login name and mail address) > > in third-person > > > reference; it is widely understood (on Usenet in > > particular) that without > > a > > > last name "Ken" refers only to Ken Thompson. Similarly, > > Dennis without > > last > > > name means Dennis Ritchie (and he is often known as dmr). > > > > > > Ken was first hired to work on the Multics project, which was a huge > > > production with many people working on it. Multics was > > supposed to support > > > hundreds of on-line logins but could barely handle three. > > > > > > In 1969, when Bell Labs withdrew from the project, Ken got > > fed up with > > > Multics and went off to write his own operating system. > > People said "well, > > > if zillions of people wrote Multics, then an OS written by > > one guy must be > > > Unix!". There was some joking about eunichs as well. > > > > > > Ken's wife Bonnie and son Corey (then 18 months old) went > > to visit family > > in > > > San Diego. Ken spent one week each on the kernel, file > > system, etc., and > > > finished UNIX in one month along with developing SPACEWAR (or was it > > "Space > > > Travel"?). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Howard C. Berkowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 5:40 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE: another OT: why you UNIX guys look down on we NT guys? > > > [7:6675] > > > > > > > > > >Want to make any UNIX-head apoplex? Remind them that DOS > > is UNIX subset. > > > >The multi-tasking & multi-threaded functions were dropped > > because there > > > >weren't enough bits in the registers for the Intel 8088. > > These were added > > > >back in when the hardware for PC's was available. However, > > they did add > > > >better mnemonics for the UNIX commands so 'ls' became 'dir'. 'Easy' > > > >translates to 'stupid' somehow. But even so it's UNIX! > > DOS is UNIX! > > > >tee-hee. > > > > > > > >DOS clowns. > > > >UNIX dweebs. > > > >NT geeks. > > > >Cisco nerds. > > > >Where's Diane Arbus when we need her? > > > > > > > >- susan > > > > > > > > > Get back to the origins of the name UNIX. Pronounced > > aloud, is there > > > an English word that comes to mind? > > > > > > The ancestor of UNIX is MULTICS. UNIX is castrated MULTICS. > > > > > > Extra credit for the two predecessors of C. (No, the first > > one isn't A). Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=6861&t=6861 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
