From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 12 19:35:51 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F8351065673 for ; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:35:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (bsdimp.com [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15A6B8FC19 for ; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:35:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.14.3/8.14.1) with ESMTP id n5CJVXgr006203; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:31:33 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:31:51 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <20090612.133151.-4056554.imp@bsdimp.com> To: unixmania@gmail.com From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: References: <538f43900906120823w388f1c63ic8d0194017faca6d@mail.gmail.com> <20090612165518.GA15530@phenom.cordula.ws> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.2 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: agoca80@gmail.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, cpghost@cordula.ws Subject: Re: RFC: C version of devd daemon. X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:35:51 -0000 In message: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" writes: : > [...] For everything : > that's dynamically linked, I don't really see the point (with : > the exception of very few special cases). : : There is at least one important special case: embedded systems, where : a C++ runtime library is not available. All of FreeBSD's platforms have this... Warner