Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site mtxinu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hpda!fortune!amdcad!amd!dual!unisoft!mtxinu!ed From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: Re: Shell Shock or Why Shell Message-ID: <192@mtxinu.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Dec-84 20:49:22 EST Article-I.D.: mtxinu.192 Posted: Fri Dec 28 20:49:22 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 31-Dec-84 02:12:35 EST References: <202@psivax.UUCP> <4200002@ciprico.UUCP> Organization: mt Xinu, Berkeley, CA Lines: 15 > > I've heard that the terminology "shell" is a result of some of the very > early UNIX research being funded by Shell the oil company. Has anyone else > heard this? Can someone verify that Shell did indeed fund some Bell Labs > work? -Dan A. Dickey You gotta be kidding! Fortunately, the name "shell" has a much more rational and reasonable meaning. It refers to the layering, if you will, of the command interpreter around the kernel. Hence, the command interpreter (user interface) is the "shell" that is seen by the outside world. -- Ed Gould {ucbvax,decvax}!mtxinu!ed