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What exactly was the point of [ “x$var” = “xval” ]? (vidarholen.net)
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What exactly was the point of [ “x$var” = “xval” ]? (vidarholen.net)
L 88 pts 16 comments by ehamberg Apr 12, 2021 historicalunix Systems / Low-Level / OSCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
What exactly was the point of [ “x$var” = “xval” ]? (vidarholen.net)
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L 9 pts 0 comments by nonagoninf Apr 21, 2016 historicalunix Systems / Low-Level / OSCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
I though this was a good complement to the recent blog post on the history of BSD.
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L 7 pts 0 comments by cmhamill Jul 2, 2016 historicalunix Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Thought this seemed relevant in light of [this recent post](https://lobste.rs/s/fdzyio/how_should_i_make_this_small_programs).
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