Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 08:58:30 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Breakage in -current for the ALPHA Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9811230854360.9625-100000@feral-gw> In-Reply-To: <199811231648.DAA04678@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Bruce Evans wrote: > >> 1. Mispelling of `dependent' is annoying. > > > >Eh? > > > >feral-gw.feral.com > grep dependent /usr/dict/words > >dependent > >dependently > >dependents > >independent > >independently > >interdependent > > That only shows correct spellings. ispell(1) guesses that `dependant' is > a misspelling of `0: defendant ... 3: dependent ... 6: de pendant ...'. I misunderstood. I thought you were criticizing my use of 'dependent'. > > >> 2. Nothing is really machine independent. > > > >So? That's spurious logic. We all die, therefore we shouldn't attempt to > >live? > > We shouldn't spend much lifetime on this :-). Rightyo, then! Seriously- attempts to regularize and make as broad as possible kernel APIs and ABIs is a laudable goal and shows whether an OS is ready to be taken seriously for a multiplatform market- I really didn't understand what you meant by "Nothing is really machine independent" except I inferred from the tone that the attempt regularize where machine dependent driver includes would go except "wherever" was a waste of time. Perhaps I didn't understand. But- if you like, we'll just drive on, eh? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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