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> [the name] Grep suggests to me that the author of this one had been reading too much Robert Heinlein (you grok?), or possibly --- and this is in fact quite li

> [the name] Grep suggests to me that the author of this one had been reading too much Robert Heinlein (you grok?), or possibly --- and this is in fact quite likely --- was under the influence of psychotropic substances at the time. As funny as this is, the actual origin for "grep" is even more interesting – and, at least to me, quite mnemonic. "grep" comes from ed, and stands for the command "g/re/p", that is global/regular expression/print https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grep

throw0101a 6y ago
"Where GREP Came From" by Brian Kernighan from Computerphile: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTfOnGZUZDk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTfOnGZUZDk For those unfamiliar, Kernighan is the "K" in K&R C and the "K" in AWK: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Kernighan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Kernighan
- jcims 6y ago
  Great interview with Brian on Lex Fridman's podcast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9upVbGSBFo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9upVbGSBFo
  - mercer 6y ago
    I listened to that one last night, and then a few more. He's been in rotation for a while now. I don't know how I ended up subscribing to Lex Fridman's podcast, but it's both wonderful and somewhat bizarre to me. On the one hand, he comes across as the kind of character you'd expect in a horror film. Meticulous, well-dressed, friendly, but affectless in his speech and oddly emotionless and formal. But then the actual questions he asks, and the observations he makes, are IMO a step above most interviewers. I can think of a number of 'greater' interviewers, but he's definitely well in the 'very good' range. My apologies if Fridman reads this comment. I definitely don't want you to stop doing things the way you do :). It's just somewhat different, in a strangely 'boring' way, that I'm not used to from most good podcast hosts that I'm familiar with. Most are, sometimes to the point of irritation, exceedingly affable and chatty.
    - throw0101a 6y ago
      > On the one hand, he comes across as the kind of character you'd expect in a horror film. Meticulous, well-dressed, friendly, but affectless in his speech and oddly emotionless and formal. Are you aware of the The Report Of The Week channel run by 'Review Brah'? * https://www.youtube.com/user/TheReportOfTheWeek https://www.youtube.com/user/TheReportOfTheWeek
golergka 6y ago
> was under the influence of psychotropic substances at the time He's saying it as if it's a bad thing?...
a1369209993 6y ago
Note that it's not "global" or "print" - the commands are the literal single letters "g" and "p".
kstrauser 6y ago
A once asked my then-mentor if it was an abbreviation of "GNU rep". He was highly amused.

throw0101a 6y ago

"Where GREP Came From" by Brian Kernighan from Computerphile: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTfOnGZUZDk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTfOnGZUZDk For those unfamiliar, Kernighan is the "K" in K&R C and the "K" in AWK: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Kernighan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Kernighan

jcims 6y ago
Great interview with Brian on Lex Fridman's podcast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9upVbGSBFo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9upVbGSBFo
- mercer 6y ago
  I listened to that one last night, and then a few more. He's been in rotation for a while now. I don't know how I ended up subscribing to Lex Fridman's podcast, but it's both wonderful and somewhat bizarre to me. On the one hand, he comes across as the kind of character you'd expect in a horror film. Meticulous, well-dressed, friendly, but affectless in his speech and oddly emotionless and formal. But then the actual questions he asks, and the observations he makes, are IMO a step above most interviewers. I can think of a number of 'greater' interviewers, but he's definitely well in the 'very good' range. My apologies if Fridman reads this comment. I definitely don't want you to stop doing things the way you do :). It's just somewhat different, in a strangely 'boring' way, that I'm not used to from most good podcast hosts that I'm familiar with. Most are, sometimes to the point of irritation, exceedingly affable and chatty.
  - throw0101a 6y ago
    > On the one hand, he comes across as the kind of character you'd expect in a horror film. Meticulous, well-dressed, friendly, but affectless in his speech and oddly emotionless and formal. Are you aware of the The Report Of The Week channel run by 'Review Brah'? * https://www.youtube.com/user/TheReportOfTheWeek https://www.youtube.com/user/TheReportOfTheWeek

golergka 6y ago

> was under the influence of psychotropic substances at the time He's saying it as if it's a bad thing?...

a1369209993 6y ago

Note that it's not "global" or "print" - the commands are the literal single letters "g" and "p".

kstrauser 6y ago

A once asked my then-mentor if it was an abbreviation of "GNU rep". He was highly amused.