11-26-2025, 04:07 PM
read this so-called book. it's very funny.
https://web.mit.edu/~simsong/www/ugh.pdf
the difference between "program" and "utility" to an unix user back in the day? there was none. but it's my opinion and conclusion for having read most of that book.
basically the programs that came with ms-dos 5. maybe except qbasic/edit were "utilities." because one of them like "xcopy". did a specific job, in this case, use available ram to copy files. from one place to another as quickly as possible. faster than "built-in copy" which was slow on floppies.
then the "programs" or "applications" began taking over. becoming more complex and taking up more disk space. but there really isn't a difference. not even if they were all gui programs.
https://web.mit.edu/~simsong/www/ugh.pdf
the difference between "program" and "utility" to an unix user back in the day? there was none. but it's my opinion and conclusion for having read most of that book.
basically the programs that came with ms-dos 5. maybe except qbasic/edit were "utilities." because one of them like "xcopy". did a specific job, in this case, use available ram to copy files. from one place to another as quickly as possible. faster than "built-in copy" which was slow on floppies.
then the "programs" or "applications" began taking over. becoming more complex and taking up more disk space. but there really isn't a difference. not even if they were all gui programs.