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Subject: Re: 'dbm' hash table software
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Date: Mon, 21-Jul-86 09:41:33 EDT
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In article <5273@sun.uucp> shannon@sun.uucp (Bill Shannon) writes:
>> dbm was a hack to get 4.2 out the door
>
>dbm has nothing to do with getting 4.2 out the door.  dbm has
>been around since V7, although AT&T seems to have lost their
>copy...

AT&T (USG) never got a copy from Bell, since System III -> V -> Vr2 -> \(if
doesn't come from V7, but from V6. (I think we've been over this before;
apologies to those who've heard it before :=) )