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Fun fact: .rc files stem from CTSS and Multics' runcom files, and .ec files stem from Multics' exec_com files. These were both files that contained (shell) commands that you can run on demand and give arguments to, and they also featured control flow. The concept of runcoms was designed and implemented by Louis Pouzin on CTSS, and then Pouzin refers to runcom in his design for a "shell" for Multics. Multics' runcom command was basically renamed to exec_com in one of its updates, at least that's my guess because early multics docs show the "runcom" command, and later docs use the "exec_com" command, and they both mostly used the same syntax just with a different name.
Oct 08 · 3 months ago · 👍 drh3xx, anthk_gem