6 Mar
2017
6 Mar
'17
9:05 a.m.
Doug McIlroy <doug(a)cs.dartmouth.edu> wrote:
It's not really Unix history, but
Dartmouth's "communication files"
have so often been cited as pipes before Unix, that you may like
to know what this fascinating facility actually was. See
http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~doug/DTSS/commfiles.pdf
Thanks! That was a very interesting read.
As a general remark, the historical discussions here of late have been
very interesting (if voluminous :-). I think it's increasingly important
to preserve as much of this history as possible. I've enjoyed reading
about some of the systems I never worked on, such as ITS.
Arnold