Re: Differences between Duff's rc and Byron's

[John (Most modern computers would break if you stood on them) Mackin <john@ civil.su.oz.au>]

Chris wrote:

     Tom Duff's rc has history, done via a file named in $history. It's not
    documented, but it's there.

I assume the basis for this statement is the set of early Duff sources
that Chris has.  I heard a rumour from the Plan 9 crowd over at Basser
that $history had actually been _removed_ from rc since no one on
Plan 9 used it; it seemed they found the 8 1/2 window program provided
all the history they could want.  I just this minute checked this -- I
have no access to earlier Plan 9 sources, just the second (current)
distribution, but I am certain that Chris's statement used to be
correct, i.e. Duff's rc used to have $history.  But as I said, I
just now looked, and the rumour is true -- the one in the current
Plan 9 CD doesn't have $history at all.

To forestall possible misinterpretation, this is NOT a suggestion
that $history should be removed from Byron's rc.  `Just the facts.'

OK,
John.