From owner-freebsd-sparc Wed Dec 17 10:15:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA29125 for sparc-outgoing; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 10:15:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from xmission.xmission.com (softweyr@xmission.xmission.com [198.60.22.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA29113; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 10:15:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from softweyr@xmission.xmission.com) Received: (from softweyr@localhost) by xmission.xmission.com (8.8.7/8.7.5) id LAA28397; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 11:14:57 -0700 (MST) From: Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC Message-Id: <199712171814.LAA28397@xmission.xmission.com> Subject: Re: Data types (was: Re: FAQ FreeBSD-Sparc [frequent posting]) To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 11:14:56 -0700 (MST) Cc: sparc@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199712170618.BAA00449@dyson.iquest.net> from "John S. Dyson" at Dec 17, 97 01:18:24 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com