Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 09:26:19 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@hub.freebsd.org> Cc: wes@softweyr.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/13644 Message-ID: <200001251726.JAA04722@apollo.backplane.com>
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:> Ah, indeed! nul/NUL == ascii. 'nil' should removed from our vocabulary.
:>
:
: NIL or nil, is the nil pointer from lisp. lisp is often the
:first time many people start to understans that data can drive
:programs. this is a good thing.
:
:jmb
I don't know anybody under the age of 30 who knows lisp. And, frankly,
since both the system and virtually all of its support programs are written
in C, C terminology is going to be considerably more effective then lisp
or pascal terminology.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
<dillon@backplane.com>
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