From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Aug 14 04:16:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA07284 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 04:16:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA07279 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 04:16:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: (from brett@localhost) by lariat.lariat.org (8.8.8/8.8.6) id FAA21672; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 05:15:22 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199808141115.FAA21672@lariat.lariat.org> X-Sender: brett@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1.0.44 (Beta) Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 05:15:20 -0600 To: Mike Smith From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: 64-bit time_t Cc: Mike Smith , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199808132325.XAA00422@word.smith.net.au> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 11:25 PM 8/13/98 +0000, Mike Smith wrote: >Funny, that's what Unix is. A big box full of tools. Many of which, due to legacy code, are redundant and cause unnecessary bloat and confusion. >Pick the right one for the job, and you'll bruise much less often. Make one more generally useful, and you won't have to root around hunting for the one (of dozens) that's exactly right. It's amazing the excuses people will make not to update their tools! I suppose this is why so much is still written in C, which is generally acknowledged to be a rusty tool without safety guards. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message