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From: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] mv vs cp
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Date: Tue,  9 Oct 2001 12:46:27 -0400
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On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:

> Is this just an example of the "New Jersey" preference for simplicity
> of implementation over the "Cambridge" preference for correctness and
> completeness?

Taste vs. GNU?  That too, but there's more to it.

BTW, while we are at it, check what does GNU find(1) (which is the
default on Hurd, IIRC) do when somebody moves a directory while
find is walking through its subdirectories.  And think about the
implications.  What was that about correctness and completeness, again?