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utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!mhtsa!research!dmr
Wed Aug 12 00:35:06 1981
etymology &c
I would advise taking uiucdcs!jerry's account of history and
motivations with a healthy dose of salt. However, his heart's in
the right place (unlike some).
A while ago someone asked Ken Thompson what he would do differently
if he were to do Unix again. The answer: "I would have called it
create instead of creat." Well, my answer is that I would have
fixed the stupid dsw manual page. Fortunately, I can atone
by publishing a correct account (not the real 1970 manual page,
but an incredible simulation).
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