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From:
Tom Christiansen
Date:
February 7, 2000 14:48
Subject:
Re: fixing Sys::Hostname
Message ID:
4879.949963710@chthon
>My (vague) objections to inclusion are based on expectations that
>gethostname() will be almost always present, but will return junk
>(thing you would not able to use in your application anyway) on most
>systems in existence...  

This "most systems in existence" line is a red herring.
*MOST* systems in existence are useless.

--tom

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