> > > Was there a reason for choosing different terminology then FreeBSD
> > > for this?
> > 
> > I for one would say that the "FreeBSD terminology" for this was ...
> > bad, being both uglier and harder to understand than a better name
> > would be.
> 
> Give me a *break* Chris.  What Charles did was NIH, pure and simple.

Give me a break Nate... AND read what i wrote.

I didn't claim to explain why charles did what he did; i said why _I_
would have done it in the way that charles did it.

> You've trying to tell me that 'SIMPLEQ' is somehow more inherenty
> beautiful and understandable as a single-linked list than SLIST and
> STAILQ?

Actually, yes (at least for "beautiful," if you interpret that as
"consistent with the other names").



cgd