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Date:      Thu, 3 Jun 1999 12:42:07 -0700 
From:      Scott Benjamin <SBenjamin@quest.com>
To:        Jordan Hubbard <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: Binary Compatibility 
Message-ID:  <1D7D0A00F0E8D111A26600104B873E4C01783761@exchange.quests.com>

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I think that Terry did an excellent job as well.  I too agree Jordan, that
it needs to me SGML-ified and that it should be refered to as Binary
Compatibility.. Much better than emulation, when ever I hear emulation, the
first thing that pops into my mind is "It probably won't work" =)

Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: Jordan Hubbard [mailto:jkh@zippy.cdrom.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 11:58 PM
To: Terry Lambert
Cc: SBenjamin@quest.com; freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Binary Compatibility 


> FreeBSD has an abstraction called an "execution class loader".  This
> is a wedge into the execve(2) system call.

This is a really excellent synopsis, Terry - you have a talent for
explaining things.  When can I sign you up to write a book related to
FreeBSD? :-)

Seriously, I think this needs to be SGML-ified and turned into a
Handbook section on "emulation".  I also don't much like the negative
implication of "emulation" and now refer to it as "Linux binary
compatability" rather than using the dreaded e-word.

- Jordan


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