<>Proof by assertion *and* buzzer is my favorite kind of proof. At least
<>the guy that wrote the UNIX FAQ disagrees with you, but I'm sure your
<>buzzer is bigger than his :-)
<>
<>
http://www.ee.byu.edu/unix-faq/subsection3_8_2.html
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<Well I don't care how nicely formatted the page is, it's wrong. Unix was
<definitely originally written in assembler for the PDP-7. I'm sure I've g
<the reference at home.
The PDP-7 was the starting point. The OS was the base unix written in
PDP-7 asm, all versions later would originate from the first C version on
PDP-11. The C version is from my understanding the first unix and C are
synonomus with PDP-11 as before that was B, BCPL and the rudiments of
unix OS on the PDP-7. It would take the PDP-11 arachecture to pull
that all together.
Allison
Received on Sun May 17 1998 - 21:41:19 BST