Yes, and I believe in early versions of Unix, system calls were prefixed by a _, so _creat was at the limit. (From vague memories of a pre-release version of U

Yes, and I believe in early versions of Unix, system calls were prefixed by a _, so _creat was at the limit. (From vague memories of a pre-release version of Unix that showed up at Harvard in the mid-70's before it was even officially released to universities by Bell Labs.)