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author | Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv> | 2011-11-21 22:19:23 +0000 |
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committer | Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv> | 2011-11-21 22:19:23 +0000 |
commit | acd9ca0c1e3c34227220ac722cfeadf927d49b59 (patch) | |
tree | a751bb00f6f20a832459c87f4128473a24045289 | |
parent | 0198bc50b920db5de4d58d09545073eb41a4aab9 (diff) | |
download | mandoc-acd9ca0c1e3c34227220ac722cfeadf927d49b59.tar.gz |
Update historical record to be historical and not made-up. Data from
<manpages.bsd.lv/history.html>. Ok schwarze@ (with modifications) and
Jason McIntyre.
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@@ -945,14 +945,22 @@ using the next-line syntax. .%U http://heirloom.sourceforge.net/doctools/troff.pdf .Re .Sh HISTORY -The RUNOFF typesetting system was written in PL/1 for the CTSS -operating system by Jerome ("Jerry") E. Saltzer in 1961. -It was first used as the main documentation tool by Multics since 1963. -Robert ("Bob") H. Morris ported it to the GE-635 and called it +The RUNOFF typesetting system, whose input forms the basis for .Nm , -Doug McIlroy rewrote it in BCPL in 1969, -Joseph F. Ossanna rewrote it in PDP-11 assembly in 1973, -and Brian W. Kernighan rewrote it in C in 1975. +was written in MAD and FAP for the CTSS operating system by Jerome E. +Saltzer in 1964. +Doug McIlroy rewrote it in BCPL in 1969, renaming it +.Nm . +Dennis M. Ritchie rewrote McIlroy's +.Nm +in PDP-11 assmebly for +.At v1 , +Joseph F. Ossanna improved roff and renamed it nroff +for +.At v2 , +then ported nroff to C as troff, which Brian W. Kernighan released with +.At v7 . +In 1989, James Clarke re-implemented troff in C++, naming it groff. .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit This |