Aresearch.20 NET.general utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!mhtsa!research!dmr Wed Aug 12 00:35:06 1981 etymology &c I would advise taking uiucdcs!jerry's account of history and motivations with a healthy dose of salt. However, his heart's in the right place (unlike some). A while ago someone asked Ken Thompson what he would do differently if he were to do Unix again. The answer: "I would have called it create instead of creat." Well, my answer is that I would have fixed the stupid dsw manual page. Fortunately, I can atone by publishing a correct account (not the real 1970 manual page, but an incredible simulation). ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.