[TUHS] Name of UNIX Program Generic

[Jonathan Gray via TUHS]

On Thu, May 07, 2026 at 11:59:05PM +0000, Thalia Archibald via TUHS wrote:
> What was the common shorthand for UNIX Program Generic Issue 3?
> Generic 3.0, as Pirzada refers to it [0]?

"Generic 3" has some usage as well:

"This version of the Unix Programmer's Manual is essentially the
Program Generic 3 Edition (March 1977) with update pages"
G.W.R.L. - preface to MERT Release 0, Unix Programmer's Manual
October 1977
...
"List of Update Pages for Unix Generic 3"

"This document describes differences users may encounter when changing
to UNIX/TS Edition 1.0 from the last release of the C compiler shipped
for Generic 3."
Andrew Koenig - Changes in the C Environment for UNIX/TS Edition 1.0
September 27, 1978
https://archive.org/details/AUUGN_V01_3/page/n18/mode/1up
AUUGN Vol 1, No 3, Feb-Mar 1979, pp 19-24

"PDP-11/70 computer results prior to 1980 are for the Generic 3
(PG 1C-300) UNIX system version"
J. Feder - The Evolution of UNIX System Performance
BSTJ Vol 63, No 8, October 1984, pp 1791-1814

"USG Generic 3"
John Mashey
net.unix-wizards, Xenix286 Wonders, Bugs, and Patches..., May 9, 1985
https://www.tuhs.org/Usenet/comp.unix.wizards/1985-May/008079.html

"We put together the UNIX Support Group [USG] in September of 1973 and
released the first C version of UNIX internally. [Generic I, II, and III
were produced by these initial efforts.]"
Berkley Tague interviewed by Ned Peirce
Unix Review, Vol 3, No 6, June 1985, p 61
https://archive.org/details/Unix_Review_1985_Jun.pdf/page/n61/mode/2up