Subject: Re: arc4random(9)
To: Perry E. Metzger <perry@wasabisystems.com>
From: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
List: tech-kern
Date: 05/29/2002 23:52:12
>I understand your position, but I think the name is honestly a very
>bad one.
>What if we worked to get FreeBSD etc. to change the name, too?
i think it too late, just like good old "CREAT instead of CREATE"
example. it is way too widely deployed, it's not only for BSD but also
in tons of thirdparty softwares, like pipermail, linux PAM, linux ipsec,
apache2, and more.
itojun