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Date:      Fri, 7 Aug 1998 01:33:05 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
To:        Nicolas.Souchu@prism.uvsq.fr (Nicolas Souchu)
Cc:        mike@smith.net.au, tlambert@primenet.com, chuckr@glue.umd.edu, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: C and static initialization with unions
Message-ID:  <199808070133.SAA24688@usr06.primenet.com>
In-Reply-To: <19980806113159.49110@breizh.prism.uvsq.fr> from "Nicolas Souchu" at Aug 6, 98 11:31:59 am

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> Is it allowed in FreeBSD? Is all FreeBSD C source code portable?

Good question; I don't know the answer.

I know that FreeBSD uses inline assembly, rather than seperating
out the assembly code into machine-specific compilation units
(preferrably with vanilla C equivalents, where possible).

I also know that FreeBSD uses ANSI constructs, which make the
code non-portable to older compilers, such as those you would
have on machines running older OS's that you want to upgrade
to running FreeBSD via a port.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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