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I found this article via Wikipedia as a result of wondering why unix shells are named so. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_(computing) https://en.wikipedia.
by davidwtbuxton 6y ago
I found this article via Wikipedia as a result of wondering why unix shells are named so.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_(computing) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_(computing)
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- davidwtbuxton 6y agoFrom the article: > That program, which he described as a “shell” around the computer’s whirring innards, gave inspiration—and a name—to an entire class of software tools, called command-line shells, that still lurk below the surface of modern operating systems.