15 Sep
2024
15 Sep
'24
7:25 p.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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John Dow <jmd(a)nelefa.org>
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15 Sep
15 Sep
7:52 p.m.
New subject: On computerese
On 9/15/24 15:25, John Dow via TUHS wrote:
Multics had long names and short names for many commands. `ls` was the
short name for `list`, for instance. See "additional names" in
https://multicians.org/mga.html.
Dan H
(original author of the `more` command`, considered to be a long name by
some and short by others! https://danhalbert.org/more.html)
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.
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