11 Nov
2015
11 Nov
'15
1:23 p.m.
[2015-11-10 19:16] Random832 <random832(a)fastmail.com>
Did you happen to find out what GWRL stands for, in the the comments at
the top of early versions of cut.c and paste.c?
/* cut : cut and paste columns of a table (projection of a relation) (GWRL) *
/
/* Release 1.5; handles single backspaces as produced by nroff */
/* paste: concatenate corresponding lines of each file in parallel. Release 1.4 (GWRL)
*/
/* (-s option: serial concatenation like old (127's) paste command */
For that matter, what's the "old (127's) paste command" it refers to?
Unfortunately I have no clue, for neither of them.
To resolve ``GWRL'', insider knowledge seems to be needed. (Or a cool
party with creative buddies, of course! (Today's the opening of the
carnival season in Germany ... that could be an opportunity. :-D ))
``127'', whatever system that might be, it surely predates UNIX.
Background knowledge from the time back then will be necessary.
I can provide neither of them ... and searching for such stuff is
difficult because the terms and their context are too generic.
(``cut and paste'' is by no means a valuable context if you try
to search for it. ;-) )
Maybe someone older or more inside has some ideas ...
meillo