Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoTIL the network utility "Ping" was written by a single person in an evening in 1983, and he named it after the sound a submarine sonar makesen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square53linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the network utility "Ping" was written by a single person in an evening in 1983, and he named it after the sound a submarine sonar makesen.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square53linkfedilink
minus-squaretakeda@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoThe original idea behind Unix was to have small tools doing very specific task and do it will. Then you could use shell to combine them together to do more advanced stuff.
The original idea behind Unix was to have small tools doing very specific task and do it will.
Then you could use shell to combine them together to do more advanced stuff.