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From: seanf@sco.COM (Sean Fagan)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Subject: Re: How can I find out cc or cpp symbols?
Keywords: cpp, cc, macros
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Date: 8 May 89 18:53:31 GMT
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In article <7130@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> dhesi@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
>In article <675@dtscp1.UUCP> scott@dtscp1.UUCP (Scott Barman) writes:
>>	Isn't System V Unix?
>The term Unix has two different meanings.
>One, the generic meaning, derives from common usage.  Unix here is a
>noun that stands for a family of operating systems.  Both Version 7 and
>BSD are Unix.  This meaning of Unix was established long before System
>V existed.
>While System V is sold under the UNIX label, System V
>itself (a noun) is not UNIX (an adjective as used here).

Gee, that's funny.  I learned Unix on an AT&T machine (a 3b5), pure vanilla
AT&T System V Release 2.1.0 UNIX(tm).  A year or so later, I got an account
on this wierd system, called (I think) BSD, or some such.

SysV is as much unix (or more so) as bsd.  Actually, since SysV is larger, I
guess you could say it's *more* unix than bsd.

Oh, and btw:  unix is not a common noun.  Although I miscapitalize it, unix
is, has been, and, probably, always will be, associated with the AT&T
operating system, trademarked under the name UNIX.

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