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Apr 13, 2017 at 4:37 comment added TOOGAM Yes. It did. If it didn't, it might not today. But since Unix did, that remains a compelling reason why it does. In no way did I mean to minimize usefulness of being familiar with the past. My natural tendency would be to focus on why it was added (and my first draft or two had that in more detail), but my primary reason for trying to focus on the present is that's what the question asked. Plus, other answers mentioned the past, and I tried to make a useful answer by adding to what's been stated, instead of just duplicating what's already said elsewhere on the page.
Apr 12, 2017 at 22:58 comment added jlliagre Having an historical perspective is often useful. You tell you want to focus on the present but finally conclude "One of the reasons why Unix/Linux currently provides multiple terminal emulators is because it did provide them in the first place…"
Apr 10, 2017 at 6:16 history answered TOOGAM CC BY-SA 3.0