Terminfo vs. TERMCAP

... quite a bit about terminfo and its predecessor, TERMCAP, and I have a simple question: Why the hell did we go from TERMCAP to terminfo? terminfo stores a static database of ... I'm using before I connect). Compare with TERMCAP. The terminal informs the login shell of its .... Yeah, there are severe problems with the TERMCAP approach (environment variables are often limited in length...