[TUHS] Other Bell Labs shells from the 80s?

[Rob Pike via TUHS]

Self promotion: the v8 shell was underseen. Not really even what
people want in shells these days, but in its own environment it worked
well and its principle of all its output being valid shell input is
missing from most interactive tools to this day.

-rob

On Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 5:04 AM ron minnich via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org> wrote:
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> there was a lisp shell ca 1977. I always liked the idea.
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> there were a lot of shells out there, like the REX shell.
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> On Mon, Mar 2, 2026 at 1:58 AM Arnold Robbins via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org>
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> > Arnold Robbins via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org> wrote:
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> > > Also it refers to a shell by Blewett and arder called Parser. Anyone
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> > ... and another called Parser. ...
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> > Sheesh. Not enough coffee this morning I guess.
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