From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 5045 invoked from network); 12 Aug 2021 06:03:12 -0000 Received: from 1ess.inri.net (216.126.196.35) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 12 Aug 2021 06:03:12 -0000 Received: from vultr.musolino.id.au ([45.76.123.158]) by 1ess; Thu Aug 12 01:39:05 -0400 2021 Received: from 180.150.114.112 ([180.150.114.112]) by vultr; Thu Aug 12 15:38:51 +1000 2021 Message-ID: <98DACA3D23BFCC10F9F6C6ACFA3248F2@musolino.id.au> To: 9front@9front.org From: Alex Musolino Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2021 15:08:51 +0930 In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-ID: <9front.9front.org> List-Help: X-Glyph: ➈ X-Bullshit: realtime-java extension hypervisor replication Subject: Re: [9front] g Reply-To: 9front@9front.org Precedence: bulk > 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.