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Functional Programming in M4
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todsacerdoti
51 days ago
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Functional Programming in M4
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fanf2
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An Oral History of Unix (Thompson/Ritchie/12-More Interview Transcripts)
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13 points
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rramadass
57 days ago
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The Unix Tree
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4 months ago
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The Unix Tree
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2 points
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6 months ago
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What would early alternatives to C have been?
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6 points
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on March 9, 2025
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3 comments
1972 Unix V2 "Beta" Resurrected
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425 points
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on Feb 19, 2025
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/bin/sh: the biggest Unix security loophole (1984) [pdf]
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101 points
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on Jan 8, 2025
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SCCS roach motel
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70 points
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on Dec 13, 2024
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16 comments
The Unix Heritage Society
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20 points
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on June 8, 2024
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The uniqueness of DMR's C compiler (thread)
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4 points
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aebtebeten
on May 31, 2024
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1 comment
If forking is bad, how about buffering?
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tuhs.org
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3 points
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vitplister
on May 13, 2024
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Ken on early Unix rand generator
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fisheuler
on May 8, 2024
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2 comments
The Unix Heritage Wiki
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tuhs.org
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3 points
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udev4096
on Feb 1, 2024
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"I'm pretty sure OpenBSD at least still has nothing like busybox."
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tuhs.org
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4 points
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1vuio0pswjnm7
on Dec 26, 2023
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The Awk Programming Language, 2nd Ed.: What's New?
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4 points
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vitplister
on Sept 11, 2023
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You are not supposed to understand this
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tuhs.org
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2 points
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hggh
on Aug 29, 2023
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Ken Thompson on the bug that exposed his compiler trojan (2021)
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tuhs.org
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224 points
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throwawaylinux
on June 19, 2023
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33 comments
The C Interpreter: A Tutorial for Cin (1988)
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34 points
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mananaysiempre
on May 28, 2023
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11 comments
Setuid in Unix created to enable a game
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tuhs.org
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93 points
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zdw
on Feb 4, 2023
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24 comments
My “favorite” magtape story
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tuhs.org
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91 points
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zdw
on Jan 29, 2023
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40 comments
Font rasterisation the hard way (scanning e- microscopes and sneakernet)
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tuhs.org
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2 points
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aebtebeten
on Jan 23, 2023
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You can't trust your toothbrush unless you carved it yourself
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tuhs.org
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4 points
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aebtebeten
on Jan 20, 2023
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1 comment
The evolution of Unix facilities and architecture (2017)
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tuhs.org
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198 points
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networked
on Jan 14, 2023
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110 comments
AT&T lawyer stopped Plan 9 release CD with songs by Lou Reed, Debbie Harry
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tuhs.org
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439 points
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asjo
on June 25, 2022
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177 comments
Bill Jolitz has died
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tuhs.org
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199 points
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cperciva
on April 8, 2022
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82 comments
The Unix Heritage Society
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tuhs.org
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14 points
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ecliptik
on Feb 20, 2022
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1 comment
Apple's first Posix certification 1991
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tuhs.org
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2 points
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voidmain0001
on Jan 3, 2022
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Features of PL/I not realized in a modern language
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tuhs.org
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97 points
by
vitplister
on Nov 26, 2021
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100 comments
Jörg Schilling has died
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tuhs.org
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542 points
by
stargrave
on Oct 11, 2021
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94 comments
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