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I must admit you have a strange way to ignore Pike's contributions to UNIX initial GUI architecture, his book together with Kernighan about the UNIX programming environment and other contributions.



Please don't twist my words. I'm just saying "co-author" have different meanings for you and me.

edit: Really? Downvotes? Not cool.


I didn't downvote you.

As for co-author, the Cambridge dictionary says:

"To write a book, article, report, etc. together with another person or other people:"

Which given Pike's participation on what defined the initial UNIX graphics userland, makes him a co-author.


That's where we disagree. You think Blit is one of things what makes UNIX UNIX while I don't. We have different interpretations of "co-author". I don't see any further benefit in discussing that.




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