Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!sri-unix!fouts@ames-nas-gw.arpa From: fouts@ames-nas-gw.arpa Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Multiple file versions -- FLAME ON!! Message-ID: <12593@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Tue, 2-Oct-84 15:29:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.12593 Posted: Tue Oct 2 15:29:00 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Oct-84 20:08:31 EDT Lines: 22 From: Martin FoutsI agree in principle that Unix was designed for hack.. (er) system developers, rather than non professionals, but any application package is going to reflect the underlying structure. It doesn't really matter what the original intent was, just as it no longer matters that all Wirth wanted from Pascal was a teaching tool. Someone saw some promise beyond the intent, and now Unix is popping up in a lot of places where it "doesn't belong." I still think we should try to develope an underlying system which allows development work to still be done byt leads to good application environments. After all, the development work we are doing is for that environment. I appreciate the problem you have with the models people develop, but "computer scientists" also have problems; I still get asked from time to time if a particular machine is octal or hexadecimal by people who should know better. It isn't important that the model exactly reflect the makeup of the underlying machine, but rather that it can be accurately used to predict the exterior behavior of the machine. ----------