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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: ISP hardware/software choices (performance comparison)
Date: 17 Jan 1996 00:24:23 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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aad@nwnet.net (Anthony D'Atri) wrote:
] >I used to prefer BSD. But I now think that part of the mess Unix is in
] >(BSD signal() vs SV signal(), sigvec vs sigaction)
]
] Not to mention the various flavors of regexp suites. Grrrrrr.
So implement alternatives and place them under UCB license. If
they are "more POSIX compliant", they will be adopted.
The problem is that the SVR4 interfaes are gratuitously
incompatible, not the other way around. It wasn't so long
ago that conforming to SVID would make you liable for an
interface copyright suit.
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.