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		amelius 35 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 52 Year old data tape could contain Unix history > a huge shortage in memory and storage Maybe this explains why we have to call "creat" to "create" a file.

SoftTalker 35 days ago [–]

Idk about creat specifically but the utility names are all terse because you were interacting with the system on a 110-baud teletype.

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