2 Jul
2016
2 Jul
'16
11:25 p.m.
On 03 Jul 2016, at 01:00 , Eric Smith <spacewar at
gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 11:29 AM, Eric Christopherson
<echristopherson at gmail.com> wrote:
I think the original implementation of /bin/true was a zero-length file, while /bin/false
worked by not existing at all.
Genius. But I would have thought CP/M would at
least require a .com file to
have a header.
http://peetm.com/blog/?p=55
Multiple people independently invented the zero-byte CP/M program,
which is obviously the shortest possible useful computer program, but
I'd never before heard of anyone succeeding, or even attempting, to
sell the program.