Comment by notaplumber1
4 years ago
pledge(2)'s predecessor used bits, it was inflexible: https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/string-interfaces
4 years ago
pledge(2)'s predecessor used bits, it was inflexible: https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/string-interfaces
not inflexible, they just didn't like prefixes. and since Theo doesn't care about performance, he just used strings.