FreeBSD port (52): platform dependent utmp comparison
Thomas Bushnell, BSG
tb@becket.net
Fri Sep 20 15:28:00 GMT 2002
Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> writes:
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> > Your opinion on this does not matter. Only the opinions of lawyers matter.
> > Many years ago the FSF laywer at the time said to follow the conventions
> > I've said.
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> That's bullshit. I'm not making the code less readable. The two
> digit notation is a US thing. Almost nobody else uses it. It
> therefore cannot be acceptable.
If you don't want two-digit notation, don't use it. But it is a legal
requirement not to use ranges.
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