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Others might also find interesting this video from 1982 where Brian Kernighan demonstrates building a simple spell checker using UNIX command line utilities: ht
by bithive123 11y ago
Others might also find interesting this video from 1982 where Brian Kernighan demonstrates building a simple spell checker using UNIX command line utilities: https://youtu.be/XvDZLjaCJuw?t=5m15s https://youtu.be/XvDZLjaCJuw?t=5m15s
- danso 11y agoThat was a great watch...and if you keep on watching for a few more minutes, you can watch Lorinda L. Cherry rewrite his implementation using Unix pipes and then creating a talking calculator. The screencasting technology wasn't quite there yet ;), but both are really excellent demonstrations and eludications of the Unix philosophy and mindset that is pretty much unchanged and invaluable ~34 years later https://youtu.be/XvDZLjaCJuw?t=13m47s https://youtu.be/XvDZLjaCJuw?t=13m47s