**Tom Heyes** @tomheyes@qoto.org · Mar 23, 2023, 11:23

**Tom Heyes** @tomheyes@qoto.org · Mar 23, 2023, 11:23

Did you know?

First released in 1989 BASH is named after the noise your head makes when it hits your desk after looking at it for too long?

**Pat** @Pat@qoto.org · 2023-03-23T15:27:02Z

Pat @Pat@qoto.org

>"First released in 1989 BASH is named after the noise your head makes when it hits your desk after looking at it for too long?"

I don't think that's true.

**Tom Heyes** @tomheyes@qoto.org · Mar 23, 2023, 16:22

**Tom Heyes** @tomheyes@qoto.org · Mar 23, 2023, 16:22

Tom Heyes @tomheyes@qoto.org

@Pat Although it may be hard to believe, the beta version BASH was indeed released in 1989.

**Pat** @Pat@qoto.org · Mar 23, 2023, 16:28

**Pat** @Pat@qoto.org · Mar 23, 2023, 16:28

Pat @Pat@qoto.org

It can trace it's origins back to 1971, but that's not the part I was questioning.