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to note the:

    rc in Unix
mentioned by K&R in the article likely refers to '/etc/rc', which was a shell script run by init in research Unix (and still BSD, but not SysV)


see also:

    https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=init&sektion=8&apropos=0&manpath=Unix+Seventh+Edition
for 'then', and:

    https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc&sektion=8&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+12.0-RELEASE+and+Ports
    https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc&sektion=8&apropos=0&manpath=OpenBSD+6.5
for (some of) 'now'.




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