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dave@rosevax.Rosemount.COM asks:

> At some time in the distant past I'd seen references to a "Berkeley version"
> of ditroff.  Is this real, or was this a bad pointer?  If it is real,
> what is this "Berkeley version" and how would I get it?

     This appears to be a semantic problem.  In my
     world (at least), there are just two kinds of troff.
     
     One produces output for a C/A/T, and was originally
     written by Joseph Osanna at Bell Labs.  It was part
     of UNIX until Release 2 of System V.  It is 
     currently called troff by BSD folks and otroff 
     by System V folks.  The BSD and System V versions
     have diverged somewhat (no suprise here), but the
     output file formats are essentially the same.
     
     The other produces ASCII output and comes
     with several filters which convert that output
     to device-specific opcodes (e.g., ImPress).
     It was written (I believe) by Brian Kernighan
     at Bell labs, and has been marketed by AT&T
     as part of the Documenter's Workbench (DWB).
     It is currently called ditroff by BSD folks and 
     troff by System V folks.
     
     Or am I misinformed?

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Richard Curtis
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