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Kernighan saved the most interesting fact for his last comment: both grep and ed were written in assembly, not C!
by smadge 8y ago
Kernighan saved the most interesting fact for his last comment: both grep and ed were written in assembly, not C!
- jedimastert 8y agoI actually didn't know that either! I wonder if grep & ed actually predate C...It's also very possible that K&R might have thought about C as a toy or novelty at the time.