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> 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
by 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 agoIf 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.