From: Skip Tavakkolian <9nut@9netics.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Maybe it is april fool's after all ...
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 13:13:55 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d2ce76ee75adff36b4bef1f36659fbb8@9netics.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3e1162e60601211143r52bba7ceh75d86f39b3b8a0dd@mail.gmail.com>
>> 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.
wouldn't a VM be a viable option, since we're talking about one
processor family? those cantankerous applications, that don't port
easily, can be run under qemu/xen/etc. with appropriate os.
everything old is new again.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-01-21 21:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-01-19 17:54 Ronald G Minnich
2006-01-19 20:43 ` Charles Forsyth
2006-01-19 22:28 ` Bruce Ellis
2006-01-20 11:58 ` Devon H. O'Dell
2006-01-20 16:08 ` jmk
2006-01-20 16:13 ` andrey mirtchovski
2006-01-20 22:19 ` Paweł Lasek
2006-01-21 4:01 ` jmk
2006-01-21 4:06 ` Bruce Ellis
2006-01-21 4:26 ` erik quanstrom
2006-01-21 5:09 ` jmk
2006-01-21 6:20 ` uriel
2006-01-21 8:36 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2006-01-21 7:42 ` Bruce Ellis
2006-01-21 13:09 ` Brantley Coile
2006-01-21 16:37 ` Ronald G. Minnich
2006-01-21 18:49 ` Bruce Ellis
2006-01-21 19:43 ` David Leimbach
2006-01-21 21:13 ` Skip Tavakkolian [this message]
2006-01-21 13:11 ` Brantley Coile
2006-01-20 17:33 ` David Leimbach
2006-01-20 17:36 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-01-20 17:53 ` jmk
2006-01-20 18:10 ` Dave Lukes
2006-01-20 18:38 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2006-01-21 19:29 ` Marina Brown
2006-01-20 20:14 ` Ronald G Minnich
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