From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id f5d4d585 for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2018 16:46:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 2A879A1A79; Thu, 6 Sep 2018 02:46:22 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28ECBA1A24; Thu, 6 Sep 2018 02:45:53 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id CF9F8A1A24; Thu, 6 Sep 2018 02:45:50 +1000 (AEST) Received: from wopr.sciops.net (wopr.sciops.net [216.126.196.60]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7175FA1A23 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2018 02:45:50 +1000 (AEST) Received: (qmail 87957 invoked by uid 1001); 5 Sep 2018 09:45:37 -0700 Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2018 09:45:37 -0700 From: Kurt H Maier To: Noel Chiappa Message-ID: <20180905164537.GA81179@wopr> References: <20180905154435.103E118C0A0@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180905154435.103E118C0A0@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> Subject: Re: [TUHS] Cryptic Unix Commands X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: tuhs@tuhs.org, jnc'@mercury.lcs.mit.edu Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 11:44:35AM -0400, Noel Chiappa wrote: > > From: Norman Wilson > > > It is just plain wrong to code > > kill(9, pid) > > _All_ uses of magic numbers in numeric form are wrong! > > Noel https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_68_0/boost/utility/binary.hpp khm