Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 01:18:24 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <dyson@FreeBSD.ORG> To: crb@ChrisBowman.com (Christopher R. Bowman) Cc: grog@lemis.com, freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Data types (was: Re: FAQ FreeBSD-Sparc [frequent posting]) Message-ID: <199712170618.BAA00449@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971217002352.6901D-100000@quark.ChrisBowman.com> from "Christopher R. Bowman" at "Dec 17, 97 00:26:31 am"
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Christopher R. Bowman said: > > In fact, if any kind of binary compatability (which would be a wonderful > thing) is desired, having portability of header files, and interfaces would > be greatly facilitated. Imagine a Yahoo banner, FreeBSD/SPARC runs > <insert your favorite sun app> faster than Slowaris! > I am mostly lurking on this development right now, but it seems to me that some kind of very rough compatibility with Solaris wouldn't be a bad idea. Maybe we don't have all of the system calls or interfaces (e.g. streams, or whatnot), but that would not be the point. At least we would start from a solid base. Again, this is just an opinion. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig.
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