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1 total messages Started by Conrad Cunningham Wed, 16 Jul 1986 17:17

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Author: Conrad Cunningham
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1986 17:17

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Discussions on "favorite" operating systems are seldom rational--the
participants "patriotism" usually gets in the way of clear judgment. :-)

Of the operating system command languages that I have used during the past
eight years--Unix (csh on 4.2 bsd and sh on an old v6? pdp system, neither
extensively), Tops-20, Harris VOS, and VMS--I can't say that any are are 
"absolutely great" or "lousy".  All have good features and bad.  I probably
like Tops-20 the best--especially when combined with a programmable
exec like the PCL-exec from CMU--but it had few things that I didn't like.
But my appreciation for Tops may just be nostalgia--it was the first system
that I really "sank my teeth into".  

Conrad Cunningham
Department of Computer Science, Washington University in St. Louis

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