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From: mark@cbhydra.uucp
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Subject: Re: QUERY: Coding convention
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Date: Thu, 5-Jul-84 15:28:38 EDT
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> I'd put in an additional plea - have "VMUNIX" mean "this system has lots
> of address space which isn't too horribly expensive to use", and be used
> to conditionalize things like "nroff" keeping its temporary file in memory -
> and *not* be used to mean "Berkeley UNIX".  The USDL (or whatever it's being
> called this week) will surely someday release a paging version of "USG" UNIX
> (or make all the demand paging hardware on the 3B series look pretty silly),
> and VMUNIX should apply there also.

Hear hear!  vi uses the ifdef for EXACTLY this purpose.  I'd like to
second this plea.

> Oh yes, while we're on the subject, could everybody out there please pick up
> the "directory library" that was done for 4.1BSD in preparation for the
> change to directory formats in 4.2BSD?

Don't hold your breath for USDL to put this in - those people are
incredible Berkeley-phobes.  Too bad, too, because this is an
important feature.