not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 17 hours agoSomeone emailed Ken Thompson about the UNICS to UNIX namechange. Actually got a replyfiles.mastodon.socialimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1323arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1320arrow-down1imageSomeone emailed Ken Thompson about the UNICS to UNIX namechange. Actually got a replyfiles.mastodon.socialnot_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·17 hours agoNow the question is, did he put the x as a variable i.e. they couldn’t agree how to write it so he used x as a stand-in, or was he using x phonetically. Probably the latter, and yet…
minus-squareF/15/Cali@threads.net@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up20·16 hours agoDang, people should email him for 15 years to find out!
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·16 hours agoLet’s leave it unsettled so future nerd historians, 100 years from now, can hate us for not asking and write books speculating about it.
minus-squaremodus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·13 hours agoOr post the question on a forum, then post “response deleted” and then post a third one to say “Thanks! That was super-interesting!”
minus-squareFunStuffIsFun@eviltoast.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 hours agoShare a screenshot, but be sure that the screenshot is a photobucket 404.
Now the question is, did he put the x as a variable i.e. they couldn’t agree how to write it so he used x as a stand-in, or was he using x phonetically.
Probably the latter, and yet…
Dang, people should email him for 15 years to find out!
Let’s leave it unsettled so future nerd historians, 100 years from now, can hate us for not asking and write books speculating about it.
Or post the question on a forum, then post “response deleted” and then post a third one to say “Thanks! That was super-interesting!”
Share a screenshot, but be sure that the screenshot is a photobucket 404.