A snapshot of the shell being built at Bell Labs.

[Alan D. Salewski]

On 2026-05-12 21:13:39, "Isaac (.ike) Levy" <ike at blackskyresearch.net> spake thus:
>Hi All,

Hi .ike,

> Attached, /usr/news updates June 1976 through July 1978.  A snapshot of 
> the shell being built at Bell Labs.  It shows the actual design 
> decisions as they were happening (spoiler alert):
[...]

Thanks for posting that. The evolution is quite interesting.

One question, though: Is the file that was attached truncated?

I ask because it ends with a fragment of a thought expressed only 
partially:
<quote>
     g)  If a command name contains a / then the prepending
</quote>

Thanks,
-Al

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