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This short video / simulation, explains why, IMO, Unix surpassed Multics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ea3pkTCYx4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ea3pkTCYx

by kgr 2y ago

This short video / simulation, explains why, IMO, Unix surpassed Multics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ea3pkTCYx4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ea3pkTCYx4

hayley-patton 2y ago
But Multics was written in PL/I (and the Burroughs B5000 system in Algol before) so Unix doesn't have an advantage there.