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Thalia Archibald · May 20, 2026

Curly braces: An evolution of UNIX and C

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How were curly braces typed with a Teletype Model 33 on UNIX? These characters are especially important for C, but absent on this terminal. A tour of the coevolution of UNIX and C, from this perspective, featuring "hello, world" through the ages.

Read on thaliaarchi.github.io

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