Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 16:03:35 -0800 (PST) From: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>, sobomax@FreeBSD.org, silby@silby.com, njl@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/sleep sleep.c Message-ID: <200211150003.gAF03ZnK032020@arch20m.dellroad.org> In-Reply-To: <200211142257.gAEMvdxX071776@apollo.backplane.com>
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Matthew Dillon wrote: > Why not create a mini-libc? No language-aware character conversions, > no efficient string or memory functions, no floating point. Just a basic > implementation of the core functionality required for stdio, malloc, > *printf(), string functions, and system calls (which will simply be > borrowed from libc), sufficient for simple binaries. It could be made > compatible with our standard includes (structural bloat != code bloat, > so who cares). I like that idea.. would this be different from libstand(3) or could they be merged together? -Archie __________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Packet Design * http://www.packetdesign.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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