Part of why xterm’s internals are so horrifying is that it was originally intended that a single process be able to drive multiple VS100 displays. Don’t hold this against Mark; it isn’t his fault.
And startx:
# This is just a sample implementation of a slightly less primitive interface than xinit.# …# Site administrators are STRONGLY urged to write nicer versions.
Over at invisible-island.net:
And startx:
# This is just a sample implementation of a slightly less primitive interface than xinit. # … # Site administrators are STRONGLY urged to write nicer versions.
Found deep in the Linux networking code years ago: // this code is too ugly to live, but I don’t have time right now