-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 George A. Booth wrote: > Please tell me this is all a joke and that you actually do know why cd, > ls, and cat are named as they are? That you actually know what a abbreve > is and you're not mentioning it to be kind?
If you are asking me, I'm from the BBS age. And ls comes from "LIST".... in the old days, remote terminal communications where damn slow. Typing long commands made no sense: it took more time to send them to the remote system. That's why abbreviations took place and became commonplace. - -- Arturo "Buanzo" Busleiman - Consultor Independiente en Seguridad Informatica SHOW DE FUTURABANDA - Sabado 18 de Agosto 2007 (Speed King, Capital Federal) Entradas anticipadas a traves de www.futurabanda.com.ar - Punk Rock Melodico -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGv1beAlpOsGhXcE0RCjUVAJ9J1vLneyRazIngcUGgqB1uVFcFYgCfau1j xPscbZ91wxvRrIP/OyLxOUc= =ty6A -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Project_owners mailing list Project_owners@mozdev.org http://mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/project_owners
