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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com>
Date: Fri,  1 Aug 2008 18:29:20 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] a question on style
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> > but all the world uses GCC
> > nowadays, so why bother with portability anymore?
>
> and then when you look at compiling for particular platforms you get to ask
> "which gcc?" because code can be non-portable between them
> (for the same processor), and the options that work are different too.  such fun.

hey!  less portable than assembly language.  what a feat.

- erik