How can I find out cc or cpp symbols?

Rahul Dhesi dhesi at bsu-cs.bsu.edu
Mon May 8 09:46:18 AEST 1989


In article <675 at dtscp1.UUCP> scott at dtscp1.UUCP (Scott Barman) writes:
>	Isn't System V Unix?

The term Unix has two different meanings.

One, the generic meaning, derives from common usage.  Unix here is a
noun that stands for a family of operating systems.  Both Version 7 and
BSD are Unix.  This meaning of Unix was established long before System
V existed.

The other, the legal meaning, derives from trade-mark law.  Were AT&T
to enter the shoe business, it could without any deception sell you
UNIX shoes.  Here UNIX is merely used for name recognition and has no
meaning of its own.  AT&T lawyers will rush to tell you that there is
no such thing as UNIX, since UNIX (the trade-mark) is an adjective and
not a noun.  While System V is sold under the UNIX label, System V
itself (a noun) is not UNIX (an adjective as used here).

(Followups to comp.unix.questions, please.)
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