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From: Alex Musolino <alex@musolino.id.au>
To: 9front@9front.org
Subject: Re: [9front] g
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2021 15:08:51 +0930	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <98DACA3D23BFCC10F9F6C6ACFA3248F2@musolino.id.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABB-WO9M7B0vx-ciRgH05q3aYgqFLtpgAw-z5RapaQdWXhAArg@mail.gmail.com>

> I wonder why file doesn't use Bprint.  (As it is, it can call print
> any number of times before it prints a newline.)

If I had to guess: because it's easier to just type print(...) and not
have to setup a Biobuf for stdout.

> The case against is, of course, normal use of file just has a few
> files.
> 
> The case against the case against is you were going to be linking in
> the bio stuff *anyway*.  This has been true since First Edition.

I can't imagine there'd be much resistance if you were to provide a
patch.


  reply	other threads:[~2021-08-12  6:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-08-10 18:03 Stuart Morrow
2021-08-11  1:13 ` ori
2021-08-11 20:15   ` Stuart Morrow
2021-08-11 20:32     ` Stuart Morrow
2021-08-12  5:38       ` Alex Musolino [this message]
2021-08-13  2:43     ` Alex Musolino
2021-08-14 21:38       ` Stuart Morrow
2021-08-14 21:45         ` Stuart Morrow
2021-08-15  2:42         ` Alex Musolino

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