From owner-freebsd-chat Wed May 13 20:19:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA21549 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Wed, 13 May 1998 20:19:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA21540 for ; Wed, 13 May 1998 20:19:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [194.198.43.36]) by ns1.yes.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id DAA18046; Thu, 14 May 1998 03:18:20 GMT Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id FAA17642; Thu, 14 May 1998 05:18:20 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19980514051820.09178@follo.net> Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 05:18:20 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund To: Greg Lehey , Stuart Henderson , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Internet Exploder inseparable from Windows? References: <199805131500.JAA04221@lariat.lariat.org> <3559D317.778BB97@internationalschool.co.uk> <19980514083526.D3535@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <19980514083526.D3535@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Thu, May 14, 1998 at 08:35:26AM +0930 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, May 14, 1998 at 08:35:26AM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Wed, 13 May 1998 at 18:06:31 +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > they're talking about an HP version as well... Linux gets a mention on > > their web page about the developers though (something about 'operating > > system of choice', I think those were the words!) > > > > in places they manage to make it sound like porting to a different unix > > is as difficult as writing a unix version in the first place... > > It's probably more difficult. A while back I saw a description of how > to use pipes with NT. What was a line or two in UNIX became the best > part of a page of LongFunctionNames and hundreds of parameters. > Posting to UNIX must imply a complete rewrite of the parts which > interface with the kernel (or even the C library). But porting to another Unix when you already have a UNIX port shouldn't be too hard unless they've _really_ screwed up. It is many years since I've seen anything that was really hard to port (except kernel drivers, and ps et al). Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message