Remembering the work of Kevin S. Braunsdorf and the pundits tool-chain

You may perhaps not recognize the name of Kevin S. Braunsdorf, or “ksb” ( kay ess bee ) as he was called, but you certainly used one tool he wrote, together with Matthew Bradburn, namely the implementation of test(1) in GNU coreutils. Kevin S. Braunsdorf died last year, on July 24, 2024, after a long illness. In this post, I try to remember his work and legacy. ⁂ He studied at Purdue University…