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Date:      Tue, 20 Nov 2001 20:52:10 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
To:        Akinori MUSHA <knu@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man1 builtin.1 src/bin/sh Makefile builtins.def sh.1 src/usr.bin/printf printf.1 
Message-ID:  <5181.1006282330@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 20 Nov 2001 10:33:59 PST." <200111201833.fAKIXxu79722@freefall.freebsd.org> 

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On Tue, 20 Nov 2001 10:33:59 PST, Akinori MUSHA wrote:

>   Log:
>   Remove the printf builtin command from sh(1), which command is not
>   used so often that it's worth keeping it as a builtin.

"not used so often that it's more worthwhile keeping than test(1)."

To be clear, the builtin printf(1) is being removed to make space for the
builtin test(1), because

1) test(1) is _much_ more frequently used than printf(1)

2) since printf(1) and test(1) are approximately the same size,
   the change can't be criticized as "bloat".

Ciao,
Sheldon.

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