22 Jul
2022
22 Jul
'22
4:17 p.m.
Hoi.
[2022-07-18 12:52] markus schnalke <meillo(a)marmaro.de>
[2022-07-11 19:30] Douglas McIlroy
<douglas.mcilroy(a)dartmouth.edu>
Now I enjoy reading through the book. Thereby I came across this
piece of information (section 7.3.3, p. 87):
(Historically, f stands for ``facts'', but most people
prefer to think of it as an abbreviation for ``file''.)
Why ``facts''?
The manpage in 1st Edition does not list an f command at all.
The manpage in 3rd Edition explains f as ``the filename command''.
Assember and C sources of various editions all talk about filename
and none about facts.
Neither does ``facts'' seem to come from qed.
I couldn't find an f command there at all.
https://www.multicians.org/mspm/bx-9-06.681115.qed-editor.pdf
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/honeywell/multics/swenson/6906.multics-condens…
What's the background for the comment about ``facts''?
meillo
Lomutu and Lomuto, "A Unix Primer"
Thanks for the recommendation of this book. I now have a copy and
am looking forward to reading it.