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128 points rbanffy | 2 comments | 08 Nov 25 16:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.504s | source

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notorandit ◴[08 Nov 25 17:39 UTC] No.45858442[source]▶

I have mixed feelings.

On one side I think we need to preserve this relic as we did with Homer's poetry. Because it just deserves.

On another side I think we won't (and should not) try to preserve in an infinite present whatever has been written by humanity. For what purpose?

LorenDB ◴[08 Nov 25 18:24 UTC] No.45858759[source]▶

Old software like Unix tends to be some of the best-written software ever. Saving these systems gives us a valuable learning resource.

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1. znpy ◴[08 Nov 25 18:36 UTC] No.45858833[source]▶

I’ve learned this is not the case. Bryan Cantrill taught me in the talk about tail -f (and about how it was “treasuring up” data in buffers

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2. bcantrill ◴[08 Nov 25 19:56 UTC] No.45859461[source]▶

Ha ha -- but maybe we can finally find the mysterious headwaters of ta?[0]

52 Year old data tape could contain Unix history