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> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 18:41:00 +0000
> From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
> > >
> > > FWIW they look like they've been defined to be similar to the interfaces
> > > provided by glibc. Was near-compatibility with the glibc interface one
> > > of the goals, when the interface was designed?
> > 
> > They have.  I would not have designed them that way.
> 
> Um, I was hoping the original designer would answer that question. I believe
> that was Eli. Eli?

I don't remember if I followed glibc; I might have (I do have its
sources on my machine, so I might have looked there).

In any case, I consider compatibility with glibc, whether intentional
or not, to be A Good Thing.