Discovering Dennis Ritchie’s Lost Dissertation

Re:Discovering Dennis Ritchie’s Lost Dissertation by bch on Saturday June 20, 2020 @02:59PM (#23585987)

And the “B” container is cracked, indicating they’ve moved on from B to C, and there’s a spool of thread (process threads?) - lots to enjoy, but oregano is still a mystery.

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Re:Discovering Dennis Ritchie’s Lost Dissertation by gbacon on Saturday June 20, 2020 @03:27PM (#23586349)

Possibly a reference to /{usr,var}/spool.

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Re:Discovering Dennis Ritchie’s Lost Dissertation by cat199 on Sunday June 21, 2020 @03:58PM (#23594895)

if it is a reference, this is probably more likely than process threads, since 'threads' as a native construct were a mid/late 90s addition to unix systems

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