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Date:      Wed, 28 Jun 2000 10:06:09 -0600
From:      Charles Randall <crandall@matchlogic.com>
To:        Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>, Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        obrien@FreeBSD.org, Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>, arch@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   RE: BSD sort(1) (Re: Bringing LPRng into FreeBSD?) 
Message-ID:  <5FE9B713CCCDD311A03400508B8B301301C77B30@bdr-xcln.is.matchlogic.com>

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How does the performance of Open/NetBSD's sort compare with GNU sort?

Charles

-----Original Message-----
From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group
[mailto:Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 4:19 PM
To: Kris Kennaway
Cc: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group; obrien@FreeBSD.org; Warner
Losh; Nate Williams; arch@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: BSD sort(1) (Re: Bringing LPRng into FreeBSD?) 


In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006271456001.69067-100000@freefall.freebsd.or
g>, Kri
s Kennaway writes:
> On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group wrote:
> 
> > One of the things on my todo list is to build a 4.4BSD sort port [I'm a 
> > poet and don't even know it :) ] which would have the features of GNU 
> > sort but with a BSD license and hopefully not the bug I found 5 years 
> > ago.
> 
> Open and NetBSD use a modified 4.4BSD sort(1)

Seems like the path of least resistance for now.  I'll check it out.  
Thanks.


Regards,                       Phone:  (250)387-8437
Cy Schubert                      Fax:  (250)387-5766
Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team   Internet:  Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca
Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA
Province of BC





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