Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 17:58:39 -0700 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG, Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> Subject: Re: time_t not to change size on x86 Message-ID: <XFMail.011028175839.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <19523.1004213808@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On 27-Oct-01 Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <20011027201203.294B839F0@overcee.netplex.com.au>, 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++") Borland's extended Pascal. /me ducks and runs -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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