Messages in this thread | | | From | Wayne.Brown@altec ... | Date | Thu, 10 May 2001 18:06:56 -0500 | Subject | Re: Not a typewriter |
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On 05/10/2001 at 05:38:32 PM hpa@transmeta.com (H. Peter Anvin) wrote:
>Sounds like someone has just clarified what the heck it means. "tty" >and "typewriter" aren't exactly the same thing (even though "tty" >stands for "teletypewriter" it has come to mean something completely >different in a Unix context)... "not a typewriter" is just a >completely confusing error message for the uninitiated.
I disagree. "Not a typewriter" is part of Unix tradition, and ought to be retained as a historical reference. It's also an opportunity for "the uninitiated" to learn a little more and move a little closer to becoming "the initiated."
Wayne
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