From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: 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 From: Skip Tavakkolian <9nut@9netics.com> In-Reply-To: <3e1162e60601211143r52bba7ceh75d86f39b3b8a0dd@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: e30741b4-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 >> 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.