Forgetting the history of Unix is coding us into a corner

https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/16/what_is_unix/

"Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly." -- #LiamProven

#apiDesign #systems #unix

> "a critical observer may observe that software manages to outgrow hardware in size and sluggishness." #MartinReiser
> "Software is getting slower more rapidly than hardware becomes faster." #NiklausWirth
https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/11/software_versus_hardware/
#LiamProven
/HT @gerrymcgovern