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Funny, but the shell's namesake is pretty badass himself https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_R._Bourne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_R._Bourne
by ibiza 9y ago
Funny, but the shell's namesake is pretty badass himself https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_R._Bourne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_R._Bourne
- teddyh 9y ago“[…] at one time Bell Labs had two Stephen R. Bournes with offices along the same hallway.”¹ — Eric Allman 1. http://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/README.cf.8.8.html http://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/README.cf.8.8.html
- throw2016 9y agoEmbarrassing that I use bash everyday and didn't know about Stephen Bourne. Shameful. I also just learned Bash was developed by Brian Fox after Stallman became dissatisfied with progress on it in 1988 as a free software replacement for the Bourne shell. We don't celebrate these guys enough, I wish there was more recognition, more of a public face and profile for all these pioneers.