13 Dec
2024
13 Dec
'24
10:33 p.m.
Rob Pike:
According to the Unix room fortunes file, the actual quote is
SCCS: the source-code motel -- your code checks in but it never checks out. Ken
Thompson
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As a Unix-room-culture aside: I believe this quote was what
inspired Andrew Hume to call his backup system the File Motel.
Norman Wilson
Toronto ON