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MIT CSAIL has marked the anniversary of the first Unix Programmer’s Manual by sharing a free PDF of its third edition, published in 1971.
Why it mattersIt is a useful piece of computing history for anyone curious about the documentation behind an early operating system. The post points readers to the manual itself, rather than merely asking them to admire the anniversary from a distance.
Discuss: Should landmark software manuals be preserved as readable history, or are they mainly useful to people still working with the systems they describe?
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