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From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>
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Subject: Re: An autoconf bikeshed
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[I also think autoconf is not a step forward]

On Sat, 2006-May-06 14:25:26 -0700, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:
>God forbid that anyone just write their code to the POSIX standard.

The far bigger problem is that OSs don't adhere to the POSIX standard
and the POSIX standard isn't broad enough to cover the features that
an application may require (Dianne Bruce mentioned sound).

-- 
Peter Jeremy