16 Sep
2024
16 Sep
'24
1:25 a.m.
On 15 Sep 2024, at 20:21, Rik Farrow
<rik(a)rikfarrow.com> wrote:
Was the brevity typical of Unix command names a function of the tiny disk and memory
available? Or more a function of having a Teletype 33 for input? Of course, it could
simply be that 'cat' is more convenient than 'catenate'...
Hangover from assembly mnemonics, perhaps.
J
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