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I don't know the real answer, but I've always assumed it's because there's no way to get the right "I" vowel sound without that trailing "E". Also, when creati

I don't know the real answer, but I've always assumed it's because there's no way to get the right "I" vowel sound without that trailing "E". Also, when creating abbreviations, it feels weird to create one that is only one letter shorter than the full version.

cesarb 6y ago
> Also, when creating abbreviations, it feels weird to create one that is only one letter shorter than the full version. This is Unix, which gave us the "creat" system call (an abbreviation of "create"). https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/creat.2.html https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/creat.2.html
- rkeene2 6y ago
  If it makes you feel any better, the creators of UNIX regrets this. > Ken Thompson was once asked what he would do differently if he were redesigning the UNIX system. His reply: "I'd spell creat with an e."; Kernighan, Brian W.; Pike, Rob (1984). The UNIX programming environment. Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0139376992. OCLC 10269821., p. 204.