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From: jbm@uncle.UUCP (John B. Milton)
Newsgroups: rec.humor,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: fun with Unix
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Date: 18 Aug 88 23:53:47 GMT
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In article <3359@Portia.Stanford.EDU> paulf@Jessica.stanford.edu (Paul Flaherty) writes:
>In article <13418@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> link@stew.ssl.berkeley.edu (Richard Link) writes:
>>Come on Ken Ritchie, you could have thought better than 'ls' for 'dir'.
>>You UNIX types who think this kind of drivel is funny, go start a
>>UNIX.LAME.BRAIN.OS newsgroup.
>>Rick Link
>
>I don't know about you, but this was the most hilarious posting I've ever seen
>on net.jokes/rec.humor...:-)

It is not the fault of the UNIX designers, it is the fault of the
MULTICS/GCOS designers, which is where ls (and stty) came from

John
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