Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2000 14:20:53 -0400 From: "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <jeroen@vangelderen.org> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/isc-dhcp - Imported sources Message-ID: <395F8805.F8725D30@vangelderen.org> References: <395F81C1.BAA1F5D0@vangelderen.org> <200007021805.UAA22876@grimreaper.grondar.za>
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Mark Murray wrote:
>
> > > > Well, should we pull out the DNS server and use only a DNS client
> > > > (resolver) ? ;-)))
> > >
> > > Maybe. But BSD has traditionally had a DNS server, and that's one reason
> > > it stays.
> >
> > We traditionally had bdevs, spls and no 'struct bio'...
>
> If I consult my O'Reilly BSD4.4 books, it seems that MH, EMACS and Pascal
> are all a part of BSD as well. That was a quick scan; I'm sure there are
> more.
>
> By that standard, man 9, /dev/random and perl5 are all _not_ BSD.
Oh, and let's not forget that BSD traditionally didn't
run on x86 hardware either ;-p
Can we agree to drop the 'traditionally' as a last resort
argument to justify inertia? Compatibility, POLA, bloat,
creeping featurism, etc. will do fine.
-J
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