<![CDATA[How were { } curly braces typed with a Teletype Model 33 on UNIX?]]>How were { } curly braces typed with a Teletype Model 33 on UNIX? These characters are especially important for C, but absent on this terminal. This is a tour of the coevolution of UNIX and C, from this perspective, featuring “hello, world” through the ages.

Curly braces: An evolution of UNIX and C

Research, writing, and software history

favicon

Thalia Archibald’s blog (thalia.dev)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/82edbbff-eadb-4667-abeb-c2c6bb8a83b1/how-were-curly-braces-typed-with-a-teletype-model-33-on-unixRSS for NodeMon, 25 May 2026 06:27:30 GMTWed, 20 May 2026 04:49:01 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to How were { } curly braces typed with a Teletype Model 33 on UNIX? on Wed, 20 May 2026 09:26:15 GMT]]>@thalia Interesting, never knew all that .. I still remember ALT+123, ALT+125 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.wales/users/gilesgoat/statuses/116606184658540534https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.wales/users/gilesgoat/statuses/116606184658540534Wed, 20 May 2026 09:26:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How were { } curly braces typed with a Teletype Model 33 on UNIX? on Wed, 20 May 2026 09:02:26 GMT]]>@thalia Fascinating read, thank you

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/mangled_pixel/statuses/116606091065468381https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/mangled_pixel/statuses/116606091065468381Wed, 20 May 2026 09:02:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How were { } curly braces typed with a Teletype Model 33 on UNIX? on Wed, 20 May 2026 08:44:18 GMT]]>@thalia Wow this was super interesting thanks!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/sos/statuses/116606019732765522https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/sos/statuses/116606019732765522Wed, 20 May 2026 08:44:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How were { } curly braces typed with a Teletype Model 33 on UNIX? on Wed, 20 May 2026 07:44:17 GMT]]>@thalia

Good article, also regarding:
> Design decisions from 1963 still affect us today, 63 years later!

Do you know how the size of two medieval horse behinds become a limiting factor in building the international space station?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/agowa338/statuses/116605783705026608https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/agowa338/statuses/116605783705026608Wed, 20 May 2026 07:44:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How were { } curly braces typed with a Teletype Model 33 on UNIX? on Wed, 20 May 2026 07:13:39 GMT]]>@thalia This post was so fun to read!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://indieweb.social/users/dandean/statuses/116605663290060769https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://indieweb.social/users/dandean/statuses/116605663290060769Wed, 20 May 2026 07:13:39 GMT