Episode 99 - The Berkeley Software Distribution
Advent of Computing
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UNIX: The PDP-11
The PDP-11 is remembered as a really iconic computer, but at the time it was on the smaller side of things. The editor that shipped with UNIX, at least the one provided by Bell Labs, was called ed-ed. Ed seems to be closer to evil than really anything. With this interface, a line editor is really the best you can hope for.
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