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From: JYoungman@vggas.com (James Youngman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD
Date: 10 Feb 1997 14:30:32 GMT
Organization: VG Gas Analysis Systems
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In article <DERAADT.97Feb7073546@zeus.theos.com>, deraadt@theos.com says...
>Actually, BSD code was far from perfect. No code ever is. Except
>perhaps /usr/bin/true.
/usr/bin/true can probably fail in several ways, and return failure. I'd
suggest that /usr/bin/false is more likely to be bug-free.
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James Youngman VG Gas Analysis Systems |The trouble with the rat-race
Before sending advertising material, read |is, even if you win, you're
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/47/227.html|still a rat.