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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:3012 comp.os.linux.misc:21031 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!hookup!yeshua.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!gatech!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!odin!chet From: chet@odin.INS.CWRU.Edu (Chet Ramey) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: I hope this wont ignite a major flame war, but Ive got to know! Date: 28 Jul 1994 21:12:51 GMT Organization: Information Network Services, Case Western Reserve University Lines: 15 Message-ID: <31970k$b6@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> References: <CtKBJ5.77B@rex.uokhsc.edu> <3163r7$440@quagga.ru.ac.za> <CtMnq1.C8@rex.uokhsc.edu> <CtnLDs.6zG@cs.vu.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: odin.ins.cwru.edu In article <CtnLDs.6zG@cs.vu.nl>, Philip Homburg <philip@cs.vu.nl> wrote: >A well known property of BSD code is of course the use of x.x.x.0 as >a broadcast address. A well-known property of 4.2 BSD code. This has not been true for at least the past eight years. Sun made a bad decision to keep x.x.x.0 the default for `backwards compatibility', but that's not BSD. -- "I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises." - Neil Armstrong Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University Internet: chet@po.CWRU.Edu