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I'm uh, pretty sure the people who practically invented Unix know how to implement generics if they wanted to.



Sometimes people are placed in pedestals, but they are only human.


They are human. They've also been programming for over 30 years with numerous big successes that prove they know what they're doing.


So how successful would have been UNIX and C if AT&T reacted sooner than it did in terms of ownership and prevented universities access to them?

Edit: Removed stupid comment.




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