From: utzoo!decvax!cca!ima!inmet!nrh
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Title: Re: Re: printf(3) as a system call? - (nf)
Article-I.D.: inmet.60
Posted: Sat Apr  9 03:49:03 1983
Received: Sun Apr 10 01:41:17 1983

#R:unc:-491000:inmet:10300002:000:449
inmet!nrh    Apr  7 14:08:00 1983

Printf as a system call????  If people wonder why unix is 
sliding towards TSO, TENEX or the others, look no further!  

A lot of the point of unix was that it gave you most of the power
at a fraction of the complexity of other systems. 

Sure, we can make unix be more like older, more baroque systems.
Does that mean we should?  Even if there's a performance gain?
Think how much faster things would be if they were written in 
assembler!  WOW!