From owner-freebsd-current Tue Apr 9 21:00:40 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id VAA19151 for current-outgoing; Tue, 9 Apr 1996 21:00:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.barrnet.net (mail.barrnet.net [131.119.246.7]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA19146 for ; Tue, 9 Apr 1996 21:00:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from locke.ccil.org (locke.ccil.org [205.164.136.88]) by mail.barrnet.net (8.7.5/MAIL-RELAY-LEN) with SMTP id VAA13729 for ; Tue, 9 Apr 1996 21:00:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: (esr@localhost) by locke.ccil.org (8.6.9/8.6.10) id XAA17452; Tue, 9 Apr 1996 23:54:56 -0400 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Message-Id: <199604100354.XAA17452@locke.ccil.org> Subject: Re: terminfo-less ncurses To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 23:54:55 -0400 (EDT) Cc: scrappy@ki.net, ache@astral.msk.su, current@FreeBSD.org, ncurses-list@netcom.com In-Reply-To: <199604082223.PAA03175@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Apr 8, 96 03:23:16 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I rememebr a conversation where a former boss was arguing heatedly > about terminfo being a "piece of shit", and basically lambasting > it up and down in front of an audience of 6 or 8 people. One of > them came forward and said "Excuse me. I'm Bill Joy, and I wrote > terminfo...". This seems unlikely. Terminfo was written at Bell Labs. Bill Joy was the BSD guy who wrote termcap. Are you sure your boss wasn't thinking of termcap? -- >>esr>>