[Info-vax] What is a "real" Unix ?

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On Mon, 2023-09-04 at 18:08 -0700, gah4 wrote:
> > Is it something that implements a set of user-visible APIs and
> > certain 
> > behaviour within its kernel (fork() semantics for example) ? 
>  
> There used to be a story about George Washington's axe.
> (The one he cut down the cherry tree with.)
> 
> After many year, two new blades and three new handles, it is still
> GW's axe.

That analogy is even older than that. The ancient Greeks had Theseus's
boat. Replace all the planks in her, is it the same boat?
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