Unix is a lot more complicated (than CP/M) of course -- the typical Unix
hacker can never remember what the PRINT command is called this week--but
when it gets right down to it, Unix is a glorified video game. People
don't do serious work on Unix systems; they send jokes around the
world on USENET or write adventure games and research papers.
-- E. Post, "Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal", Datamation, 7/83
hacker can never remember what the PRINT command is called this week--but
when it gets right down to it, Unix is a glorified video game. People
don't do serious work on Unix systems; they send jokes around the
world on USENET or write adventure games and research papers.
-- E. Post, "Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal", Datamation, 7/83
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