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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