bcopy -> memcpy/memmove transition proposal
Kaveh R. Ghazi
ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu
Sun Sep 20 13:45:00 GMT 1998
> From: Per Bothner <bothner@cygnus.com>
>
> > 1. Wasn't using the BSD style a GNU coding convention at some point?
>
> In the old days, there were two main styles of Unix: "USG" (System 5),
> and "BSD". The GNU preference was for BSD, when there was a choice.
> This distinction is now completely meaningless. Now, the default
> should be Posix, unless there is a good readon not to.
So prefering the BSD style *was* mere preference and in fact
no longer relevant. Thanks for clearing this up.
--Kaveh
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