Q: lseek returns long or int? (BSD 4

Henry Spencer henry at utzoo.UUCP
Sat Oct 13 07:01:42 AEST 1984


> I also ran at one time 'Honest Bell V7', but am now running 2.9BSD, and find
> that on my 11/44 it runs at least 50% faster, and all my 'Honest Bell V7'
> programs run plus I have all the stuff from 2.9, like overlays, job control.

Yes, 2.9's performance is unquestionably better.  What a pity you have to
accept all that other trash to get it.  But then, nobody's ever seriously
worked on performance improvement for Honest Bell V7.  Wish someone would...
[Watch this space.]
-- 
				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
				{allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry



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