On 10/20/06, geoff@plan9.bell-labs.com <geoff@plan9.bell-labs.com > wrote:

I think that one of the best arguments for organising header files as
Plan 9 does is the mess that /usr/include has become on (l)unix.  It's
almost 20MB on Suse 9.1.

Here's an interesting exercise for people who don't see a problem with
how (l)unix organises /usr/include:

Ask someone (ideally a manager, the higher the rank, the better) to
find out where under /usr/include on Linux the type time_t is defined
and the signal SIGINT is declared without using grep or any
equivalent; they should trace through the include files visually.  If
they return with the correct answers and aren't disgusted with the
mess under /usr/include, slap some pointy hair on them.