Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 11:14:56 -0700 (MST) From: Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC <softweyr@xmission.com> To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Data types (was: Re: FAQ FreeBSD-Sparc [frequent posting]) Message-ID: <199712171814.LAA28397@xmission.xmission.com> In-Reply-To: <199712170618.BAA00449@dyson.iquest.net> from "John S. Dyson" at Dec 17, 97 01:18:24 am
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John Dyson illuminated us thusly:
> I am mostly lurking on this development right now, but it seems to me
> that some kind of very rough compatibility with Solaris wouldn't be a
> bad idea. Maybe we don't have all of the system calls or interfaces
> (e.g. streams, or whatnot), but that would not be the point. At least
> we would start from a solid base. Again, this is just an opinion.
Certainly we should at least shoot for SunOS compatability. That should
be a reasonable near-term feat, given the common heritage of the two
OSs.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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