bzs%bu-cs.bu.edu@bu-it.bu.edu (Barry Shein) (01/25/88)
This is not important, but I was looking at some 4.3/4.2 fs.h files in preparation for a class lecture and noticed that they all had: #define FS_MAGIC 0x011954 (Sun3.4, Umax3.1, BSD4.3.) The only guess as to why that number was chosen is that in decimal it is 1.25.84 so I assume it's a date. CG_MAGIC decodes to 9.2.85 so a pattern does emerge but I was just wondering if it's my paranoid mind. Like I said, nothing earth-shattering tonight. Can anyone confirm this? -Barry Shein, Boston University
mmeyer%fang@gswd-vms.gould.com (Morris Meyer) (01/26/88)
#define FS_MAGIC 0x011954 #define CG_MAGIC 0x090255 I am pretty sure these are Kirk McKusick's and Bill Joy's birthdates. I am not sure which magic number corresponds to which. You might want to mail mckusick%okeeffe.berkeley.edu@ucbvax.berkeley.edu to find out for sure (and see who to wish a belated 34th birthday :-) ). --morris meyer Morris Meyer USEnet: ihnp4!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!mmeyer Gould CSD-Urbana ARPAnet: mmeyer@gswd-vms.arpa 1101 E. University BELLnet: (217) 384-8739 Urbana, IL 61801