Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:48:25 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why not GNU cmp? Message-ID: <20080925084825.GA2728@kokopelli.hydra> In-Reply-To: <48DB3F1A.5060005@FreeBSD.org> References: <935484.39759.qm@web57008.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <48DB3F1A.5060005@FreeBSD.org>
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--J2SCkAp4GZ/dPZZf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 08:34:50AM +0100, Kris Kennaway wrote: > Unga wrote: >=20 > >I was wondering why FreeBSD wrote their own version of cmp. If it just t= he=20 > >license, then that's fine. I prefer the BSD versions of diff, etc. when= =20 > >available.=20 >=20 > You are asking the wrong questions: why did GNU write their own version= =20 > of cmp? FreeBSD's dates to 1987. Y'know -- that's a really good question. --=20 Chad Perrin [ content licensed PDL: http://pdl.apotheon.org ] Paul Graham: "SUVs are gross because they're the solution to a gross problem. (How to make minivans look more masculine.)" --J2SCkAp4GZ/dPZZf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkjbUFkACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKUsoQCgnTe9TfBtFZOWLBC7oHIUrcVF 3bcAnAhZ4DMGKybckw0CNgPFvPaZriuj =aqSb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --J2SCkAp4GZ/dPZZf--
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