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Subject: 40th anniversary of the conception of Usenet
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 by: AnonUser - Sun, 1 Dec 2019 01:33 UTC

So Usenet started as a shell script:

Posted by Julien ÉLIE:

Steven Bellovin, co-inventor of Usenet is currently blogging about the
early history and design decision of Usenet.
Worth reading!
https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/blog/2019-11/2019-11-14.html

In part V "Implementation and User Experience", we hear about the
implementation of "the very first version of Netnews software as a
Bourne Shell script. It was about 150 lines long, but implemented such
features as multiple newsgroups and cross-posting."
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Subject: Re: 40th anniversary of the conception of Usenet
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 by: AnonUser - Sun, 1 Dec 2019 18:17 UTC

To: AnonUser
The design is shitty, but the content is great. Thanks for sharing.
Could not find the bit with the shellscript...
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