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1.1 ! root 1: .\" @(#)vhel0 6.1 (Berkeley) 4/25/86 ! 2: .\" ! 3: .OH 'UNIX 32/V \(em Summary''PS2:2-%' ! 4: .EH 'PS2:2-%''UNIX 32/V \(em Summary' ! 5: .TL ! 6: UNIX/32V \(em Summary ! 7: .AU ! 8: March 9, 1979 ! 9: .AI ! 10: .HO ! 11: .SH ! 12: A. What's new: highlights of the UNIX\(dg/32V System ! 13: .FS ! 14: \(dg ! 15: .UC UNIX ! 16: is a Trademark of Bell Laboratories. ! 17: .FE ! 18: .LP ! 19: .B "32-bit world." ! 20: UNIX/32V handles 32-bit addresses and 32-bit data. ! 21: Devices are addressable to 2\u\s-231\s+2\d ! 22: bytes, files to 2\u\s-230\s+2\d bytes. ! 23: .LP ! 24: .B "Portability." ! 25: Code of the operating system and most utilities has ! 26: been extensively revised to minimize its ! 27: dependence on particular hardware. ! 28: UNIX/32V is highly compatible with UNIX version 7. ! 29: .LP ! 30: .B "Fortran 77." ! 31: F77 compiler for the new standard language ! 32: is compatible with C at the object level. ! 33: A Fortran structurer, STRUCT, converts old, ugly Fortran into RATFOR, ! 34: a structured dialect usable with F77. ! 35: .LP ! 36: .B "Shell." ! 37: Completely new SH program supports string variables, ! 38: trap handling, structured programming, user profiles, ! 39: settable search path, ! 40: multilevel file name generation, etc. ! 41: .LP ! 42: .B "Document preparation." ! 43: TROFF phototypesetter utility is standard. ! 44: NROFF (for terminals) is now highly compatible ! 45: with TROFF. ! 46: MS macro package provides canned commands for ! 47: many common formatting and layout situations. ! 48: TBL provides an easy to learn language for preparing ! 49: complicated tabular material. ! 50: REFER fills in bibliographic citations ! 51: from a data base. ! 52: .LP ! 53: .B "UNIX-to-UNIX file copy." ! 54: UUCP performs spooled ! 55: file transfers between any two machines. ! 56: .LP ! 57: .B "Data processing." ! 58: SED stream editor does multiple editing functions ! 59: in parallel on a data stream of indefinite length. ! 60: AWK report generator does free-field pattern selection ! 61: and arithmetic operations. ! 62: .LP ! 63: .B "Program development." ! 64: MAKE ! 65: controls re-creation of complicated software, ! 66: arranging for minimal recompilation. ! 67: .LP ! 68: .B "Debugging." ! 69: ADB does postmortem and breakpoint debugging. ! 70: .LP ! 71: .B "C language." ! 72: The language now supports ! 73: definable data types, generalized initialization, ! 74: block structure, long integers, ! 75: unions, ! 76: explicit type conversions. ! 77: The LINT verifier does strong type checking ! 78: and detection of probable errors and portability problems ! 79: even across separately compiled functions. ! 80: .LP ! 81: .B "Lexical analyzer generator." ! 82: LEX converts specification of regular expressions ! 83: and semantic actions into a recognizing subroutine. ! 84: Analogous to YACC. ! 85: .LP ! 86: .B "Graphics." ! 87: Simple graph-drawing utility, graphic subroutines, and ! 88: generalized plotting filters adapted to various devices ! 89: are now standard. ! 90: .LP ! 91: .B "Standard input-output package." ! 92: Highly efficient buffered stream I/O is ! 93: integrated with formatted input and output. ! 94: .LP ! 95: .B "Other." ! 96: The operating system and utilities have been enhanced ! 97: and freed of restrictions in many ! 98: other ways too numerous to relate. ! 99: .sp 100
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