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Didn't vi come out in '76?

• kragen 16y ago
  It's present in the 3BSD distribution I have from 1979, from tuhs.org. I don't think any copies of 2BSD survive. I think '76 is about the time Sixth Edition came out, so I don't think it's likely that vi started that early.
  • mhd 16y ago
    I just googled it, and 1976 seems to be the common release date, but without any references. On this page[1], it says that BSD (1977) had ex, and 2BSD includes vi, so that would make the first public release 1978. Considering the age of Unix, calling vi new in 1984 would still make little sense, but maybe the book mentioned was actually written long before that date. [1]: http://oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/kirkmck.html http://oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/kirkmck.html
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