How do you tell a wizard?

[Jeff d'Arcy]

cliff at cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Cliff Marcellus):
> Gee.  Did Dennis Ritchie simply do a :
>
> % cat > vmunix.c

kilroy at mimsy.umd.edu (Nancy's Fiance):
> Actually it was:
> 
> % cat > vmunix.s

Nope.  I don't think he was using csh.  More likely would be:

$ cat > vmunix.s

Trivia question: what *did* the prompt look like on whichever system was
used to develop the first UNIX?  Also: who's Nancy?  :-)

Jeff d'Arcy     OS/Network Software Engineer     jdarcy at encore.com
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