In the new (March '03) issue of CPU, they ask Dennis Ritchie about that: CPU: "Now, was Unix seriously invented so that Ken [Thompson] could play games on the PDP-7?" KR: "Not really." ...
> ---------- > From: Adrian Midgley > > The story goes that Unix was designed to play Space Travel on > the early PDP range. > > It developed into something considerably more magnificent. > > >
