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My favorite Unix function has to be "creat". It doesn't even make sense given the limitations of the systems at the time.
by wvenable 7y ago
My favorite Unix function has to be "creat". It doesn't even make sense given the limitations of the systems at the time.
- cyphar 7y agoIt definitely makes you wonder whether the 'E' key was broken on the machines at Bell Labs. In all seriousness, Ken Thompson was asked what was the one thing we wanted to change in Unix if he could, and his answer was that he would spell "creat" with an "e"[1]. And funnily enough, he actually did in Go[2]. [1]: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/10893/what-did-ken-thompson-mean-when-he-said-id-spell-creat-with-an-e https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/10893/what-did-ken-... [2]: https://github.com/golang/go/commit/c90d392ce3d3203e0c32b3f98d1e68c4c2b4c49b https://github.com/golang/go/commit/c90d392ce3d3203e0c32b3f9...