From owner-freebsd-sparc Tue Dec 16 22:37:05 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA15119 for sparc-outgoing; Tue, 16 Dec 1997 22:37:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA15111 for ; Tue, 16 Dec 1997 22:36:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from toor@dyson.iquest.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA00449; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 01:18:24 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from toor) Message-Id: <199712170618.BAA00449@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: Data types (was: Re: FAQ FreeBSD-Sparc [frequent posting]) In-Reply-To: from "Christopher R. Bowman" at "Dec 17, 97 00:26:31 am" To: crb@ChrisBowman.com (Christopher R. Bowman) Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 01:18:24 -0500 (EST) Cc: grog@lemis.com, freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG From: "John S. Dyson" Reply-To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 > 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.