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		slowenough on Dec 1, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Internet Oracle Quite bizarre: https://internetoracle.org/bestof.cgi?N=676-700

Nition on Dec 2, 2019 | [–]

Funny, I've never noticed the homophone between "UNIX" and "eunuchs" before.

CobrastanJorji on Dec 2, 2019 | | [–]

It's intentional. UNIX was like Multics, but without some bits. It was originally spelled Unics and was probably named that by Brian Kernighan. This is why UNIX is not an acronym for anything.

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