Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 18:47:04 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: Jay Nelson <noslenj@swbell.net>, freebsd-chat <chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: funny repair remark Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001211844300.29673-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <200001202107.OAA16183@usr01.primenet.com>
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On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, Terry Lambert wrote: >The AS/400 is unsuited to running C. It uses a 64 bit pointer, >8 bits of which are a check-value. This means that running C >code that does pointer arithmatic or array indexing would be >nearly impossible with a free compiler. So do AS/400 programmers use proprietary C compilers or do they write in another language? >FreeBSD will benefit, if FreeBSD grabs the opportunities it is >presented; just as FreeBSD has been able to benefit from other >aspects of the Linux phenomenon. The lack of tangible benefit >in past situations is more a FreeBSD problem, than anything else. Could you explain what you mean by the last sentence? What benefits, and to whom? >And then there's a lot of stuff that I can't tell you about, >but which I personally find exciting. Top secret stuff, eh? (: -=> jm <=- Actual penalty by referee in an American Football game: "Unsportsmanlike conduct: giving him the business! Fifteen yard penalty, automatic first down!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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