Except that bcopy always works and memcpy doesn't. Sure it is historic. History is riddled with mistakes. BTW I grew up on memcpy and I always found it a stupid API, same is true for str* functions and original intel assembly. They all got it backwards.
On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 06:00:33PM -0700, Marco S Hyman wrote: > > miod is 100% right. memcpy is another committee hit job on > > practicality. OMG bcopy wasn't invented here lets flip around the > > parameters foar moar bettar!!!!one!!!```~!~!Y~%!^% > > Bullshit. If you're going to rail against something at least > get the history correct. > > System III Unix in 1982 had neither > memcpy came with System V in about 1983 > bcopy came with 4.2 bsd in about 1983 > > If you grew up with BSD then bcopy was your friend. > If you grew up with System V then memcpy was your friend. > > It is as simple as that. Whichever one you learned first > tend to be the "natural" order, with the other somehow unnatural. > Until SVR4 and 4.4 BSD there wasn't much choice... you used > the one that came with your release. > > /\/\arc
