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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!paladin.american.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.kei.com!ub!dsinc!jabber!candle!root From: root@candle.uucp (Bruce Momjian) Subject: REPOST: How was BSD written? References: <CKxEpn.1Lq@candle.uucp> Organization: a consultant's basement Date: Sun, 13 Feb 1994 02:46:29 GMT X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Message-ID: <CL56DH.AC0@candle.uucp> Lines: 18 [ I posted this a week ago, and haven't gotten an answer yet. ] I always wondered how BSD was written. They started with 32V source, then added things to it, then started replacing the 32V source. When they were replacing it, how much exposure did the programmer have to the 32V source code? Did they have it sitting on their desk, or did someone look at the 32V source and explain what is was supposed to do, and someone else coded it? Or did they just pull it up in an editor and start hacking it up? -- Bruce Momjian | 830 Blythe Avenue root%candle.uucp@bts.com | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 + If your life is a hard drive, | (215) 353-9879(w) + Christ can be your backup. | (215) 853-3000(h)