Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2010 23:53:22 +0200 From: Rene Ladan <rene@freebsd.org> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@freebsd.org>, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r211084 - head/bin/sh Message-ID: <4C5F2752.6070008@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4C5F2358.1060902@FreeBSD.org> References: <201008082104.o78L4Rdw077543@svn.freebsd.org> <4C5F1F69.9020108@freebsd.org> <4C5F2358.1060902@FreeBSD.org>
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On 08-08-2010 23:36, Doug Barton wrote: > On 08/08/2010 14:19, Colin Percival wrote: >> On 08/08/10 14:04, Jilles Tjoelker wrote: >>> Log: >>> Remove unnecessary duplicate letters in mksyntax.c, > > Boo! > >>> the table elements would just be overwritten twice. >>> - add("abcdefghijklmnopqrstucvwxyz", "ISLOWER"); >>> - add("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUCVWXYZ", "ISUPPER"); >>> + add("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", "ISLOWER"); >>> + add("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ", "ISUPPER"); >> >> Ok, I have to wonder: Why was there ever the extra 'C' between 'U' and 'V'? >> It seems that it has been there ever since 4.4-Lite, but I don't have access >> to historical sources beyond that point. > > I think y'all are forgetting where the B in BSD comes from. > So the extra C was to form UC as in University of California. Otherwise the extra C wouldn't be in there twice. Rene
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