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From: wagner@utcs.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Spelling of kernel
Message-ID: <1986Dec11.182104.5903@utcs.uucp>
Date: Thu, 11-Dec-86 18:21:04 EST
Article-I.D.: utcs.1986Dec11.182104.5903
Posted: Thu Dec 11 18:21:04 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 14-Dec-86 19:00:42 EST
References: <8611191016.AA19776@cory.Berkeley.EDU> <1088@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Reply-To: wagner@utcs.UUCP (Michael Wagner)
Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services, general purpose UNIX
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In article <1088@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> carolyn@cbmvax.UUCP (Carolyn Scheppner) writes:
>In article <347@pttesac.UUCP> vanam@pttesac.UUCP (Marnix van Ammers) writes:
>>
>>*Your* 8-bit "Kernal" ?
>>
>>I'm not sure, but from all the postings on this subject I *think*
>>that what has happened is that Commodore mispelled "kernel" in
>>some documentation for the C-64 and that the mispelling has since
>>become accepted within Commodore and within the C-64 user community.
>>
>>Is that it?
>
>   Funny.  I always thought it was the other way around.  We have some
>sort of trademark on "Kernal". 
>-- 
Oh, Carolyn!  Usually, I'm impressed by your contributions, but today I'm 
surprised at you.  Kernel is a standard Operating System term.  It's a standard
in every computer science reference book on the subject.  Do you really think
that Commodore originally spelled it right and every one else mis-spelled it?

Michael