On Sat, 07 Oct 2006 13:02:05 +0200 David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Uh, what? The quoted section tries defining the term "UNIX", not the > term "operating system". Notice the qualification "time-sharing operating system kernel". If "operating system" would have been a synonym for kernel, Kernighan and Pike would not have felt it necessary to qualify the term. Both quotes indicate that already in the early 80s, "operating system" had a broader meaning than merely the "kernel". -- Stefaan A Eeckels -- A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. -- Robert A. Heinlein _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
