What's the difference between BSD and SystemV??

[Greg Montgomery]

I've been considering getting a version of Unix for my 386, but I'm
confused about SystemV and BSD. I know BSD is the version developed my
Berkeley, and SystemV was developed by AT&T, but that's about all. I'd
like to know what the main differences are that a user would notice. Are
the shells the same? Are the C function calls the same?? Dr. Dobb's
Journal had an article on a port of BSD Unix to the 386 that does not
contain any AT&T code (it's called 386BSD), and so will be available
cheaply (under $100, I believe). I'm considering getting a copy of this
when it comes out, as I would like to learn Unix and how to program in
C under Unix ( I already know DOS C) and shell script programming. Are
most Unix programs written for Berkeley or SystemV Unix or is there not
much of a difference, programming-wise??

Please reply by email as I do not have read access here. If requested, I
will post a summary of replies. Thanks greatly...

Greg

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