Aihuxl.126 net.unix-wizards utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!ihuxl!ignatz Fri Jan 15 01:12:39 1982 history I've gotten into the UNIX game a bit late...my first encounter was here at BTL at Indian Hill with Micro-UNIX 3.0 (An 8086-based full implementation of UNIX). Since I had to do dingies like add a diskette driver, a new i/o driver, new signals, etc., I had to teach myself UNIX, with only the hoary old Lyons books as mentors. I noticed, of course, many things which logically evolved and grew; but there is one thing which has invoked my curiosity. In UNIX 3.0, there is an array of type 'var', named only 'v'. It contains a number of items, and I have my own theories of why it was added; but rather than embarass myself (if I'm wrong), I'm asking anyone who knows to please tell me: 1) WHEN (release-wise) did this thing get added to UNIX? 2) WHO added it? 3) WHAT was their original purpose? If you look at the source listings for 3.0, you'll see why I'm interested when you see the places this thing crops up. Thnx much & happy hacking, Dave Ihnat ihuxl!ignatz (312) 979-6747 (P.S. - unless this is of general interest, reply to me...) ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.