From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 22 07:04:31 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 930754CE; Sat, 22 Mar 2014 07:04:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pd0-x22f.google.com (mail-pd0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c02::22f]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4B601B6F; Sat, 22 Mar 2014 07:04:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pd0-f175.google.com with SMTP id x10so3218345pdj.6 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2014 00:04:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=Irx6AB7AtYfkcr61ySQvzFDnoXCBjZE0tlX1tccc/gs=; b=jLWNObI8npum3Pk5J6HWXsm4R+syb2d/1ofaDOLmSU36RCuJhJmQ6zyJePkufm+ULD La7CDw/Ik32w9dJiIHM8dZOerTB8XNfjhtU/YUtRZC8jrrBxJNgmNCjk+G3bMgrVvXFf oF3X3B++tDh+sN4cucrJyBgyQeR7OSrZi2TksrvJrNmYPB2K/dG1dR/7pP1GubO3l8gq LRjult3GgvQZMxWncjGjVvRXuvgKGE79S8CWgzMQ69x0oRDteNtoC84qpFkknjlEIdZU 6jdkdrVInc/vS8ykx+wyTJdGlApbDvqOZcwgTdjk93wHYF3LFxiZfR8P6RrYgBLu12fA 5GGQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.68.193.130 with SMTP id ho2mr36211818pbc.141.1395471870983; Sat, 22 Mar 2014 00:04:30 -0700 (PDT) Sender: kob6558@gmail.com Received: by 10.66.0.164 with HTTP; Sat, 22 Mar 2014 00:04:30 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <86a9cj6oo5.fsf@nine.des.no> References: <201403181404.52197.jhb@freebsd.org> <201403191523.33275.jhb@freebsd.org> <86zjkkr5ma.fsf@nine.des.no> <86fvmbzlbn.fsf@nine.des.no> <86mwgj7aru.fsf@nine.des.no> <1395422417.81853.14.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <98DE2314-1233-4C12-8346-5D1240B9BAAF@bsdimp.com> <86a9cj6oo5.fsf@nine.des.no> Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 00:04:30 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: t2S2K2uhPJDiY0EsFCyXmjmtzwQ Message-ID: Subject: Re: Hello fdclose From: Kevin Oberman To: =?UTF-8?Q?Dag=2DErling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: Warren Block , Ian Lepore , Mariusz Zaborski , FreeBSD Current , freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, jilles@freebsd.org, Warner Losh X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 07:04:31 -0000 On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav wrot= e: > Warner Losh 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