OS/360 JCL, apparently. At least Rob Pike wrote something to the effect on his Google+. dd is horrible on purpose. It's a joke about OS/360 JCL. But today it's

OS/360 JCL, apparently. At least Rob Pike wrote something to the effect on his Google+. dd is horrible on purpose. It's a joke about OS/360 JCL. But today it's an internationally standardized joke. I guess that says it all. How the hell does one direct-link to a G+ comment? Well, cllck the thing that says "View 384 bazillion previous comments" and then search for dd. https://plus.google.com/+RobPikeTheHuman/posts/R58WgWwN9jp https://plus.google.com/+RobPikeTheHuman/posts/R58WgWwN9jp