What Building a Shell Teaches You About Unix
Every developer uses a shell daily. Few understand what it actually does. The shell looks like an application — you type commands, it runs them — but it's...
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2 articlesEvery developer uses a shell daily. Few understand what it actually does. The shell looks like an application — you type commands, it runs them — but it's...
In 1969, Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie sat in a Bell Labs office and made a series of design decisions that would outlast nearly every other piece of...