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Evolution of shells in Linux (developerWorks)

Evolution of shells in Linux (developerWorks)

Posted Dec 8, 2011 6:28 UTC (Thu) by BrucePerens (guest, #2510)
In reply to: Evolution of shells in Linux (developerWorks) by lkundrak
Parent article: Evolution of shells in Linux (developerWorks)

Oh yes, Steve Bourne's MACRO ALGOL.

I remember being recruited for a company where they were pushing that we would get to work with Steve Bourne! Now, I have never met him and don't know anything about him except for how much I hated that MACRO ALGOL when I was trying to fix something in v7 shell. I don't think I explained to the recruiter why the prospect of working with him had me nonplussed. But I'm sure he heard about it eventually.


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