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The article references an article published in 1991. Does that need stating too?

• garethadams 13y ago
  If this story was just a blogspam saying "Hey look I found this article from 1991 which is still relevant" then yes, because the story would be worth nothing by itself. But this story is actually an email (from 2010) written by the guy WHO ORIGINALLY WROTE GREP, making it a pretty damn interesting source in its own right. In that sense, the 1991 article is very much an aside. In conclusion, no.
  • nzp 13y ago
    > by the guy WHO ORIGINALLY WROTE GREP Just a pedantic remark: He (Mike Haertel) originally wrote GNU grep. Grep, on the other hand, was originally written by Ken Thompson.
    • garethadams 13y ago
      Good point, well made :)