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=0.2 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HTML_FONT_LOW_CONTRAST,HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_16,HTML_MESSAGE, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 9860 invoked from network); 4 Aug 2023 00:38:59 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (2600:3c01:e000:146::1) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 4 Aug 2023 00:38:59 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EA654221E; Fri, 4 Aug 2023 10:38:55 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ua1-x934.google.com (mail-ua1-x934.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::934]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7B22B4221B for ; Fri, 4 Aug 2023 10:38:50 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ua1-x934.google.com with SMTP id a1e0cc1a2514c-78a5384a5daso510927241.0 for ; Thu, 03 Aug 2023 17:38:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ccil-org.20221208.gappssmtp.com; s=20221208; t=1691109529; x=1691714329; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=VzeTEtjN702g5Nkzmq9UEQvHzJgwzuaQuCMKos6wdTs=; b=0n5iC0fskIg1gGoscucGDvQ4uR9tNaY/HtCjxLjmIhMMx3WbiNFVSzSr8ywBC4lkIf ty7O42zVH+9GDYaRrgxnJ8G4dnhypdY6UuHvuId68nGyj+HTVQnMefdYK1A3kf9o0fdc qWQASkU0DTZuLJ64BRebUMBPnKsByw0IG/B97txIXfpFk4Dms0BtQr+6DyehbIVKEYco uNZPo7y9rsKmftfgO1123C9qRQUPT/rtdi+HD8dZC+hvLsxipBM9NgSTysFKNPCw2LX/ wc4ElH2OYdqJ4/13LTDbeJUNUEpZB+ejqldrl6XJQR9r93cDi3yZDd+mrQN8ePix8CNr BRiQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20221208; t=1691109529; x=1691714329; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=VzeTEtjN702g5Nkzmq9UEQvHzJgwzuaQuCMKos6wdTs=; b=WO8u7r0Kp1FCzPH+XBFmGThdC/8yn/YuYugDi9Y9/+fscVocoTSRmYulWFrO5kdVSz rdyr8H2Lc18/kkXMb5HGAcUQ/UtSJUOxbsZoTk84CgjjEoe5EGmYNevAQkevHjhwW36x 4hCJZipVgru3Lv+SaxakDwztZE72RsxwEjvdAL/gqE9J/BgheouUg9oeZT5HXzyla3/8 8xB6PvTmxrLiG6J73JnZ6C6hCq07QdvE9UtJvMmEt5XR0vt5TtCKzUCEd9Zw+kaMoZ5P abouUCdVB43/t0zULcL7u5Agbh5a5/3bV2u69P30uzdZEZFcU/dGhpvG+DCE61FrDN6Y QsBw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YwiXA0m6GIE9AyV+ZkW2FYLyw5sZtYwRNXdypE+/P188XnTQMen /QBoTONh4AZHdVXJ/kbOEI4yg62GA2hKO+zxxydwDg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IEJyIRLSdiWaxnPZwQCVaKDX9A2dokPzuSsWXHhGxs5MH576VBFsPpXpvobtYKAPCXQSJCGVLx3ZRQX3N7EWT8= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6102:1d0:b0:440:afd7:cfe with SMTP id s16-20020a05610201d000b00440afd70cfemr162301vsq.31.1691109528852; Thu, 03 Aug 2023 17:38:48 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <8246.1690761540@cesium.clock.org> <29602.1690887524@cesium.clock.org> <20230803005106.GA12652@mcvoy.com> <202308031657.373GvVvW008640@ultimate.com> In-Reply-To: From: John Cowan Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 20:38:37 -0400 Message-ID: To: Clem Cole Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000be728306020e1ea8" Message-ID-Hash: OSQW2OWFFQ33Z67CTCBI55Q5WUILPNRB X-Message-ID-Hash: OSQW2OWFFQ33Z67CTCBI55Q5WUILPNRB X-MailFrom: cowan@ccil.org X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: tuhs@tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Split addressing (I/D) space (inspired by the death of the python... thread) List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --000000000000be728306020e1ea8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Aug 3, 2023 at 6:54=E2=80=AFPM Clem Cole wrote: > > =E1=90=A7 > Adding features and thinking less about what functionality was really > needed started to get lost [so now we have Gnu - but I digress]. > And a Good Thing Too. I hate to think how many thousands of times in the last few decades I have written "awk '{if (m < length) m =3D length} END {print m}'" (and wondering for a moment if it's "length" or "len") until someone mentioned "wc -L" to me just the other day. Arrgh. --000000000000be728306020e1ea8 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Th= u, Aug 3, 2023 at 6:54=E2=80=AFPM Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com> wrote:

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And a Good Thing Too.=C2=A0 I hate to think how many th= ousands of times in the last few decades I have written "awk '{if = (m < length) m =3D length} END {print m}'" (and wondering for a= moment if it's "length" or "len") until someone me= ntioned=C2=A0"wc -L" to me just the other day.=C2=A0 Arrgh.
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