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From: jdarcy@encore.UUCP (Jeff d'Arcy)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: How do you tell a wizard?
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Date: 26 Oct 89 18:58:29 GMT
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cliff@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Cliff Marcellus):
> Gee.  Did Dennis Ritchie simply do a :
>
> % cat > vmunix.c

kilroy@mimsy.umd.edu (Nancy's Fiance):
> Actually it was:
> 
> % cat > vmunix.s

Nope.  I don't think he was using csh.  More likely would be:

$ cat > vmunix.s

Trivia question: what *did* the prompt look like on whichever system was
used to develop the first UNIX?  Also: who's Nancy?  :-)

Jeff d'Arcy     OS/Network Software Engineer     jdarcy@encore.com
  Encore has provided the medium, but the message remains my own