From a10778e23277bdfd2a0d7e8abaf4fe62b55413d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nathaniel Beaver Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 08:36:23 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Quote from McIlroy. --- readme.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/readme.rst b/readme.rst index 6765c1b..7ab2f80 100644 --- a/readme.rst +++ b/readme.rst @@ -1351,6 +1351,13 @@ not the trash in the user's home directory. http://www.multicians.org/mgr.html#root + The Unix system owes much to the Multics file system, most notably the + directory tree idea. + + --- Douglas McIlroy + + https://www.princeton.edu/~hos/mike/transcripts/mcilroy.htm + However, the motivations for such a scheme go back further. One of the most influential time-sharing systems, CTSS, recognized the need for accessing files independently of their disk location.