Re: Why complicated directory structure in Linux

The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
On 2006-09-21, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
On 2006-09-21, spike1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
mydejamail@xxxxxxxxxxx did eloquently scribble:
Why is Linux directory structure laid out so, what is the rationale
Simple.
Everything has its place rather than dumping things randomly around the hard
disk.
bin = binary
Rather, as [usr]/bin also contains scripts:
But when invented, shells were not what they are today.

True, but there were utilities which could be called by the shell
to do almost anything a modern shell can do. The shell has been a
useful programming language for more than 25 years.

Unix goes furher back than that IIRC

I once knew a man who told me in the mid-50s he learned to program using patchcords.

I learned in 1967 on a Sylvania remote time share computer.

A long time ago I came across a tree showing the splits in language development.

The problem is most anyone can claim and support most anything unless the issue is shortly after the patchcord programming language.

As to how times have changed as a sophomore in college in 1965 I was offered a job as a programmer at Oak Ridge. After protesting ignorance, I was assured they would teach me.

Unlike almost every other field of technology computer folks have done their own thing from day one. It is more like art or religion and a technology. I mean there are limited variations on the technology of cars or lighting or most every other technology. All computer folks need is a following and an idea can run away.

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