[TUHS] On computerese

[Dan Halbert]

On 9/15/24 15:25, John Dow via TUHS wrote:
> 
>> On 15 Sep 2024, at 20:21, Rik Farrow <rik at 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.
>
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)
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