Re: Origin of UNIX

["A. John Peters" <ajpeters ajpconsult com>]

Sorry,  I didn't read your response carefully.  I thought YACC (Yet Another
Compiler Compiler) started that stuff.

By the way, emacs originaly started on multics, also virtual memory and ring
structure.  All in all a good research project.



On 10/6/02 9:24 PM, "David Kramer" <david thekramers net> wrote:

> On Sunday 06 October 2002 01:34 pm, A. John Peters wrote:
>> On 10/6/02 10:05 AM, "Mark Knecht" <markknecht attbi com> wrote:
>>> http://www.unixhub.com/oldunix/unixname
>>> 
>>> Google is your friend
>> 
>> MIT had a research project in 1968 called Multics.  It stands for Multiplex
>> something or other.  Bell labs broke off and started Unix is  Uni something
>> or other. or other.>
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> Unix Is Not multiX
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> Yes, it doesn't really fit, but it started a long tradition of
> self-referential acronyms.
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