From: Clem Cole &lt;clemc@ccc.com&gt;<br />Sent: Sun, 22 Apr 2018 23:08:32<br /><font color="#0000ff">Thus, the UNIX term &#39;core dump&#39; was really meaningless.<br />UNIX didn&#39;t started in 1978 with the VAX and solid state ram. It started earlier when core was cheaper than ss ram in the dec world which was the case even in &#39;77. Yes there was core, and yes, core dump isn&#39;t meaningless at all.</font><br /><font color="#ffffff"><font size="1">...</font></font><br>