11 Oct
2019
11 Oct
'19
6:04 p.m.
One of the things that makes unix so special to me is how many different
ways I had the "Aha" moment.
Viscerally, I got drawn in after I tried writing some Batch script for a
windows machine and found bash so much easier.
Intellectually, ESR's Art of Unix Programming really shown a light onto
what made unix feel so fun. Seeing the unix principles laid out shortly and
clearly was world changing.
Then when Apple and Google pumped out 3 BILLION unix like devices and made
unix mainstream, it just nailed it in that unix is a really special piece
of software*.*
Tyler
On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 1:56 PM Leah Neukirchen <leah(a)vuxu.org> wrote:
Warren Toomey <wkt(a)tuhs.org> writes:
All, we had another dozen TUHS suscribers to the
list overnight. Welcome.
A reminder that we're here to discuss Unix Heritage, so I'll nudge you
if the conversation goes a bit off-topic.
So I'll kick off another thread. What was your "ahah" moment when you
first saw that Unix was special, especially compared to the systems you'd
previously used?
I'm not sure if this was *my* "Aha, Unix!" moment, but my Dad
complained once that he had some CSV file containing bills and needed
to do some computation, and it would be a hassle to do in Delphi
(which he is most proficient in). So I told him I could have a look
at it on my Linux system, and while he explained what computations he
needed, I would type in some awk oneliner and a bit of other pipe
stuff and he had his answer within minutes.
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