instability in Berkeley versus AT&T releases (absurdly long)

[Doug Gwyn <gwyn>]

> The only thing terrible about ls -C is that it ought to be the default for
> CRTs. USG ls _requires_ the "-C" to get the multiple columns, which _is_
> brain damaged.

I would sure get upset if when I ran "ls" in the long skinny window
on my DMD, it didn't print the file names one per line.  You are
making the same mistake that a lot of the more crufty BSD software
has made, namely:  assuming an overly-restrictive model of how the
software is to be used.