Philosopy of Shells

The SHELL: A Global Tool for Calling and Chaining Procedures in the System
Louis Pouzin
April 2, 1965

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Most modern operating systems include a “shell” of one form or another, sometimes text-based, sometimes graphical. The first shell was written by Louis Pouzin. It dates to 1963 or 1964. He even wrote a paper about it.