16 Oct
2017
16 Oct
'17
1:58 p.m.
How realistic would the experience be to actually
running the system
described in the Unix Programming Environment [v8] if it's actually
running
> BSD 4.1... Thanks for any insights y'all might have on this.
This question bears on a recent thread about favorite flavors of Unix. My
favorite flavor is Universal Unix, namely the stuff that just works
everywhere. That's essentially what K&P is about.
That's also what allowed me to use a giant Cray with no instruction
whatsoever. And to do everyday "programmering" on the previously
inscrutable Macintosh, thanks to OS X.
The advent of non-typewriter input put a damper on Universal Unix. One has
to learn something to get started with a novel device. I am impressed,
though, by the breadth of Universal Unix that survives behind those
disparate facades.