Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 00:04:30 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: =?UTF-8?Q?Dag=2DErling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>, Mariusz Zaborski <oshogbo@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, jilles@freebsd.org, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Subject: Re: Hello fdclose Message-ID: <CAN6yY1stQPy5unV0oboVF64nVRRr_RiSY-DxMKVqhWbVv4BqVA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <86a9cj6oo5.fsf@nine.des.no> References: <CAGOYWV80vTTQbvSjvNa6XBzBiKy%2BjnGantkUH_RO=8prxoHmyQ@mail.gmail.com> <201403181404.52197.jhb@freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403182230140.45496@wonkity.com> <201403191523.33275.jhb@freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403191407240.52822@wonkity.com> <86zjkkr5ma.fsf@nine.des.no> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403210740240.13682@wonkity.com> <86fvmbzlbn.fsf@nine.des.no> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403211030450.14887@wonkity.com> <86mwgj7aru.fsf@nine.des.no> <1395422417.81853.14.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <98DE2314-1233-4C12-8346-5D1240B9BAAF@bsdimp.com> <86a9cj6oo5.fsf@nine.des.no>
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On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav <des@des.no> wrot= e: > Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> writes: > > It does serve a useful purpose, though, which is why it has endured. > > If you were to have a man page that said =E2=80=98Putc(3) returns =E2= =80=A6=E2=80=99 then the > > automated tools (and web links) that find Putc.3 wouldn=E2=80=99t be ab= le to > since > > it doesn=E2=80=99t exist. > > Moreover - if FreeBSD were written in Pascal, it might not matter, but > in C, _exit(2) and _Exit(3) are two different functions. > > (I'm sure there are other examples without a leading underscore) > > (eww, starting a sentence with a non-alphabetic character would be even > worse...) > 3Com was once a very important networking company. 3M still is. /me duck and runs. --=20 R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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