Unix
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5recommend
3warn against
Nov 25, 2025first mention
Oct 16, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“the idea of malleable software is at the core of unix everything is a file”
“the beloved UNIX and C are from 1971 - 73”
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“A common namespace composed as a tree makes sense to me.”
“Unix and Linux would be your quintessential examples.”
switched from Multicson “Trillions spent and big software projects are still …”
Caveats and dissent
“that's not Unix's only design shortcoming”
“whose shitty Multics ripoff directly inspired”
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“Maybe Unix got it wrong.”
“UNIX design was so great that its authors did two other operating systems”
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All comments 12
“the PDP-7 emulator also runs the original version of Unix flawlessly”
“the idea of malleable software is at the core of unix everything is a file”
“that's not Unix's only design shortcoming”
“whose shitty Multics ripoff directly inspired”
“the beloved UNIX and C are from 1971 - 73”
“To get perspective(we know what worked)”
“Maybe Unix got it wrong.”
“Unix is a great operating system”
“UNIX design was so great that its authors did two other operating systems”
“simpler than the Unix process model”
“A common namespace composed as a tree makes sense to me.”
“Unix and Linux would be your quintessential examples.”