> So, if you are using a Unix/Linux system with standard > man-pages, on a command-line terminal enter: > man sex > and see what you get!
I've been down this road once beefore the first time I had to write `man finger`... =) On Mon, 3 Dec 2018 at 05:52, Ted Harding <ted.hard...@wlandres.net> wrote: > One thing that does not seem to have been mentioned so far > (or perhaps I have overlooked it) is the role of roff > (abbreviation of "runoff", to reduce key-strokes) in > the emergence of Unix itself. > > Unix was not originally developed by Bell Labs (as a > corporation) but by a group of Bell Labs people working > "on the side" to develop a simpler and better version of > the Bell Labs operating system Multics. These included > Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Doug McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna. > When they finally got it working, Bell Labs was not interested > in adopting it. So, happily inspired, they developed the > text-formatter runoff (--> roff) on Unix, and then > demonstrated to Bell Labs how good it was at formatting > structured documents -- in particular legal documents. > At this point Bell Labs woke up, and adopted Unix! > > Without roff, Unix might well have disappeared. > > I think man-pages came later (now that roff could > easily format their structured layout). > > Best wishes to all, > Ted. > > PS: Unix of course teems with abbreviations, such as > "roff" for "runoff", "ls" for "list", "mv" for "move", > etc., including "man" for "manual". This provides many > opportunities for interesting experiments with language. > So, if you are using a Unix/Linux system with standard > man-pages, on a command-line terminal enter: > man sex > and see what you get! > > > On Sun, 2018-12-02 at 11:36 -0500, Yves Cloutier wrote: > > Hi Dave, thanks for this link! > > > > On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 7:27 AM Dave Bucklin <dave.buck...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > I just came across this on Reddit. It seems relevant. > > > > > > http://manpages.bsd.lv/history.html > > > > > >
