From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from most.weird.com ([204.92.254.2]) by hawkwind.utcs.utoronto.ca with SMTP id <24664>; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 16:38:57 -0500 Received: by most.weird.com via sendmail with stdio id for rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 15:22:12 -0500 (EST) (Smail-3.2.0.93-pre 1997-Mar-5 #11 built 1997-Mar-5) Message-Id: Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 15:22:12 -0500 From: woods@most.weird.com (Greg A. Woods) To: Bengt.Kleberg@uab.ericsson.se (Bengt Kleberg) Cc: rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu Subject: Re: RC => POSIX In-Reply-To: Bengt Kleberg's message of "Mon, March 24, 1997 10:18:15 +0100" regarding "Re: RC => POSIX" id <199703240918.KAA15116@uabx04c397.uab.ericsson.se> References: <199703240918.KAA15116@uabx04c397.uab.ericsson.se> Reply-To: woods@weird.com (Greg A. Woods) X-Mailer: ViewMail (vm) Version 5.96 (beta) with GNU Emacs 19.34.1 (m68k.68881-sun-sunos4.1.1, X toolkit) of Thu Sep 12 1996 on most Organization: Planix, Inc.; Toronto, Ontario; Canada [ On Mon, March 24, 1997 at 10:18:15 (+0100), Bengt Kleberg wrote: ] > Subject: Re: RC => POSIX > > This is what I don't like. When it comes to programming I prefer restrictions. Perhaps you're not aware of just how restrictive POSIX programming must be. Where it's not restricted things are left completely un-defined. At least with the general GNU coding all variants of systems can be taken into account and all features of systems can be used. -- Greg A. Woods +1 416 443-1734 VE3TCP robohack!woods Planix, Inc. ; Secrets of the Weird