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From: dave@andromeda.RUTGERS.EDU (Dave Bloom)
Newsgroups: net.micro.att
Subject: Re: UNIX PC command surprises...
Message-ID: <166@andromeda.RUTGERS.EDU>
Date: Mon, 31-Mar-86 14:54:09 EST
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> 	Traditional System V Release 2.x does use two totally different
> programs for egrep(1) and grep(1)....
>
> 	HOWEVER, this is NOT TRUE FOR THE 7300; the 7300 functions are
> identical!  I don't have specific source code for the 7300, so I don't know
> what algorithm is used for the grep functions, but it is obviously not the
> same as traditional Sys V Release 2.  I have no idea why AT&T has made this
> departure for the 7300.

Probably to save space on an already cramped disk. You only need one executable
instead of three.
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