Reason for reordering /usr/share/misc/termcap.src for /usr/share/misc/termcap ?

[Thomas Dickey]

----- Original Message -----
| From: "Kirk McKusick" <mckusick at mckusick.com>
| To: "Garrett Cooper" <yaneurabeya at gmail.com>
| Cc: "Erik Trulsson" <Erik.Trulsson.1013 at student.uu.se>, "FreeBSD Hackers" <freebsd-hackers at freebsd.org>,
| jkh at freebsd.org, dickey at his.com
| Sent: Monday, December 8, 2014 11:51:37 AM
| Subject: Re: Reason for reordering /usr/share/misc/termcap.src for /usr/share/misc/termcap ?
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| 
| I believe Erik Trulsson's answer is correct. Termcap had grown very
| large and on sub-1-MIP computers took a noticable delay to read on
| every startup of programs using it. So, it was reordered to reduce
| the startup time on common terminals. As Erik points out this
| optimization
| is no longer necessary as termcap is now placed in a database. Not to
| mention that there are far fewer entries in it today than there were
| at the peak of its existence.

Actually, the current file in the repository is 10% longer (4667 lines vs 4007) than the first check-in.
Where might I find a larger example (of BSD termcap) such as you are referring to?

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