Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 14:07:25 -0700 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: time_t not to change size on x86 Message-ID: <200110272107.f9RL7Yx81849@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 27 Oct 2001 16:55:13 EDT." <p05101002b800cf14ef80@[128.113.24.47]>
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In message <p05101002b800cf14ef80@[128.113.24.47]>, Garance A Drosihn writes: > At 10:16 PM +0200 10/27/01, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > >Peter Wemm writes: > > > Glad you mentioned the off_t problem.. We're *still* finding off_t > > > bugs in *OUR OWN CODE*!! How long has off_t been long long? > > > Nearly 8 years now and we're *still* finding them! > > > >Which clearly points out the real problem: We need a language with > >better type-checking than C, (but before anybody suggest it: "...but > >without all the excess luggage and emotional hangups of C++") > > Now that's getting into MAJOR bikeshed territory! :-) Paint it green please. :) Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD Ministry of Management Services Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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