From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 10 May 2001 19:08:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 10 May 2001 19:07:58 -0400 Received: from smtpnotes.altec.com ([209.149.164.10]:31500 "HELO smtpnotes.altec.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 10 May 2001 19:07:50 -0400 X-Lotus-FromDomain: ALTEC From: Wayne.Brown@altec.com To: hpa@transmeta.com (H. Peter Anvin) cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <86256A48.007EF161.00@smtpnotes.altec.com> Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 18:06:56 -0500 Subject: Re: Not a typewriter Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 05/10/2001 at 05:38:32 PM hpa@transmeta.com (H. Peter Anvin) wrote: >Sounds like someone has just clarified what the heck it means. "tty" >and "typewriter" aren't exactly the same thing (even though "tty" >stands for "teletypewriter" it has come to mean something completely >different in a Unix context)... "not a typewriter" is just a >completely confusing error message for the uninitiated. I disagree. "Not a typewriter" is part of Unix tradition, and ought to be retained as a historical reference. It's also an opportunity for "the uninitiated" to learn a little more and move a little closer to becoming "the initiated." Wayne