From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 11813 invoked from network); 7 Jun 2022 20:09:43 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 7 Jun 2022 20:09:43 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E6A740D4B; Wed, 8 Jun 2022 06:09:38 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-oa1-x31.google.com (mail-oa1-x31.google.com [IPv6:2001:4860:4864:20::31]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D459B40D4A for ; Wed, 8 Jun 2022 06:09:31 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-oa1-x31.google.com with SMTP id 586e51a60fabf-f33f0f5b1dso24556294fac.8 for ; Tue, 07 Jun 2022 13:09:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=8A2YrqM3VQOeDu2ly9dlh5tGEYc1XJZ6NAQACNiXfYw=; b=FMtsPSj2aXwGt00ewX80jiaoQp8i6G9AlZYeP3oGllFOgvfWDxRsEUJEo19Ii9khhI s+6nryvcjICk49/Nbea78JvERoidqEVvS+oRzSZgb07xIxtBFRvAiJHD1vtJ1Ti1sfkm NyzgpZG/eY2JceUOseB07eESI8zbff3iO5x4Lua5fsV7v6puizlq0cLOG9lZVTtbpAeK bifAEJbmTHdQ/TPDrVVofYnYxZOIYOH3N7uxlM8+fHqx2CAcFv29xw7Mv/qOgtC60lzF B5BIDSFuKmCuwUhXVjAbsMuYK7KUXu+FI+//alPvRRHcgAwbQd9emlEJuBLVL7NjCLyT 8Scw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=8A2YrqM3VQOeDu2ly9dlh5tGEYc1XJZ6NAQACNiXfYw=; b=guGFGcsHNFrWiGQQZEwptoN3kyL2IbxegREVce8NNpAx7rahuOgaCDEO4g49iu4MzE un18fzomYJXj7H0bU4czNjq0ATfmjy3wsdPoobYQsv0PdWBy3GGzw5xZRSOgUm/G8eaS 3powM2FMsmX8Bsm+DO0BREnOmns4/fcncTq5m5WILEpfJeOkpaRQ+qOhGn1uQ5sTZ04c 5U67vGKShK3Vm9Dgj4AZh23L3vCLh/A92got6/eDzCHmNEcqHNKOXLqvnjwyODu8xbM4 6/QGKz7BXSFJ0CGvk+FNHVXPWNW3GQvn/eewWa2NfFH5xExrxFHa3S0vhgCQMt2YYDMy 5HgA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532rrGR0HLveuLcAHlm+6jfaaqp6vK0ngfCMls94llYuBE0hO395 3lPga5s8h0V7zesHi/RFD3XpSNKDPkDiiNgNoBjIpj+c X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxRAhrsu4su1SFpGMkgMTN0hQGLLeglC6Ze3QOnSWN/RmWTRvHw5k2l8hVVlTWh/SBezm+SXa+BMjNGc3+Len4= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6870:32d6:b0:fb:3d62:b5b7 with SMTP id r22-20020a05687032d600b000fb3d62b5b7mr367477oac.285.1654632570785; Tue, 07 Jun 2022 13:09:30 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20220607152519.GN15041@mcvoy.com> In-Reply-To: From: Blake McBride Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2022 15:09:19 -0500 Message-ID: To: Paul Winalski Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000009d93eb05e0e12ab0" Message-ID-Hash: RX227YAQQH5UUL5N4UYTYKUFZHXKEIEJ X-Message-ID-Hash: RX227YAQQH5UUL5N4UYTYKUFZHXKEIEJ X-MailFrom: blake1024@gmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Fwd: [simh] Announcing the Open SIMH project List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --0000000000009d93eb05e0e12ab0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Tue, Jun 7, 2022 at 12:26 PM Paul Winalski wrote: > On 6/7/22, Blake McBride wrote: > (regarding shared library incompatibility between Linux versions) > > > > That's why God created static linking. > > I assume you're being at least partly facetious. Maintaining upward > compatibility for shared libraries has been a solved problem for about > 50 years. Many OSes other than Linux do/have solved the problem. > There's no excuse for it other than laziness or ignorance. > > -Paul W. > And there is the rub - laziness or ignorance. Unlike closed systems like Windows and macOS, it is harder to enforce rules with so many random developers. Further, Linux has so many developers that it changes far more often. Blake --0000000000009d93eb05e0e12ab0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Tue, Jun 7, 2022 at 12:26 PM Paul Wina= lski <paul.winalski@gmail.com= > wrote:
On 6/7/22, Blake McBride <blake1024@gmail.com> wrote: (regarding shared library incompatibility between Linux versions)
>
> That's why God created static linking.

I assume you're being at least partly facetious.=C2=A0 Maintaining upwa= rd
compatibility for shared libraries has been a solved problem for about
50 years.=C2=A0 Many OSes other than Linux do/have solved the problem.
There's no excuse for it other than laziness or ignorance.

-Paul W.

And there is the rub - lazines= s or ignorance.=C2=A0 Unlike closed systems like Windows and macOS, it is h= arder to enforce rules with so many random developers.=C2=A0 Further, Linux= has so many developers that it changes far more often.

Blake
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