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Date:      Wed, 17 Dec 1997 11:14:56 -0700 (MST)
From:      Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC <softweyr@xmission.com>
To:        dyson@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        sparc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Data types (was: Re: FAQ FreeBSD-Sparc [frequent posting])
Message-ID:  <199712171814.LAA28397@xmission.xmission.com>
In-Reply-To: <199712170618.BAA00449@dyson.iquest.net> from "John S. Dyson" at Dec 17, 97 01:18:24 am

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John Dyson illuminated us thusly:
> 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.

Certainly we should at least shoot for SunOS compatability.  That should
be a reasonable near-term feat, given the common heritage of the two
OSs.

-- 
          "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                       Softweyr LLC
http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr                       softweyr@xmission.com



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