From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3e1162e60601211143r52bba7ceh75d86f39b3b8a0dd@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 11:43:22 -0800 From: David Leimbach To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Maybe it is april fool's after all ... In-Reply-To: <175220925b5b1b6ea06e408fa9a51c2c@plan9.bell-labs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <20060121042657.E277C15361@dexter-peak.quanstro.net> <175220925b5b1b6ea06e408fa9a51c2c@plan9.bell-labs.com> Topicbox-Message-UUID: e2ed641a-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On 1/20/06, jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com wrote: > On Fri Jan 20 23:28:05 EST 2006, quanstro@quanstro.net wrote: > > just because you can't see the source, doesn't make it any better. > > ... > > - erik > > ... > > the original point was that it doesn't matter whether you can > see the source or not, the effect is the same - failure to deal > with complexity results in an inability to simply compile a > working programme on new hardware running the same O/S and have > it work. instead, hacks are done and baggage is carried around > to keep the old binary working. Yep, anyone who's ever tried to use FreeBSD ports on x86-64 platforms as 64bit applications. Totally not worth the aggravation... At least not if you don't have to, I was just curious one day. Dave