># "gen" isn't available to userland.  at all.  userland only gets zero.
># fwiw.
>
>Doesn't this break something?  I seem to remember it being available
>in other operating systems.

i don't think it breaks anything, because it's been this way for 5+
years, and no one noticed.  as for other operating systems, i don't
know of any that do that...can you find one?

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