Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 00:04:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Marius Bendiksen <mbendiks@eunet.no> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008200003490.97929-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10008192112200.43182-100000@login-1.eunet.no>
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On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, Marius Bendiksen wrote:
> > If FreeBSD migrates to additional architectures, how much of its
> > `goodness' will translate directly to other platforms?? Moreover, how
> > much future effort and talent will be diverted into porting efforts rather
> > than single platform perfection?? One must always trade off optimal
> > platform performance for the sake of portability!
>
> The issue here is also how many platforms, and what kind, you port to.
> Porting to the UltraSPARC is different from trying to backport to a 6502
> with a ram extender.
Hey, I'd love to run FreeBSD on my Apple IIe! :-)
Kris
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