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0 pointspjmlp11y ago0 comments

Because UNIX was embraced by the enterprise and brought C along.

Algol 68, Modula-2, Mesa, Cedar were all options back when UNIX was being brought to life.

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That's also a pet peeve of mine: the amalgamation of OS and compiler/language still feels like an odd design (of course, for me who arrived with time machine in the 2000's, so does teletypes and tape archives).

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0 pointspjmlp11y ago0 comments

Because UNIX was embraced by the enterprise and brought C along.

Algol 68, Modula-2, Mesa, Cedar were all options back when UNIX was being brought to life.

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alkonaut11y ago

That's also a pet peeve of mine: the amalgamation of OS and compiler/language still feels like an odd design (of course, for me who arrived with time machine in the 2000's, so does teletypes and tape archives).

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