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From: Harti Brandt <brandt@fokus.gmd.de>
To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/sleep sleep.c
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On Fri, 15 Nov 2002, Matthew Dillon wrote:

MD>    I think you are missing the point.  If you need language support,
MD>    the program should not be compiled with a mini C library.  It's
MD>    that simple.
MD>
MD>    Consider:  Does /bin/sleep need language support?

As sleep currently stands it has a hard coded decimal point '.' and it has
an english usage message. This may and probably should change (esp. the
'.'). Then it will need language support. You can of course always say: if
you're gonna use Unix you should speak english... (Personally, I never
change my language settings away from the default (english) settings and
don't want my error messages in my local language, but I know, there are
people that care, because they have *real* users).

I did not look through the programs in /bin, but I expect all of them
have at least a usage().

harti
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