top | item 7389591 Ask HN: Why is it called a shell? 2 points| david4096 | 12 years ago | reply Would anyone like to offer how or why the command line interpreter came to be known as a shell? 3 comments order hn newest [+] [-] apples2apples|12 years ago|reply Came from Unix. A "shell to the kernel" that only exposed the outer layer. [+] [-] david4096|12 years ago|reply Have a source? load replies (1)
[+] [-] apples2apples|12 years ago|reply Came from Unix. A "shell to the kernel" that only exposed the outer layer. [+] [-] david4096|12 years ago|reply Have a source? load replies (1)
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