From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jan 28 10:34:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA19439 for current-outgoing; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 10:34:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from consys.com (consys.com [209.60.202.194]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA19347 for ; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 10:34:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rcarter@consys.com) Received: from dnstoo.consys.com (dnstoo.ConSys.COM [209.60.202.195]) by consys.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) with ESMTP id LAA05108; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 11:34:27 -0700 (MST) Received: from dnstoo.consys.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dnstoo.consys.com (8.8.8/8.8.6) with ESMTP id LAA27643; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 11:34:26 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199801281834.LAA27643@dnstoo.consys.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Nate Williams cc: shimon@simon-shapiro.org, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gnu/usr.bin/cvs/libdiff In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 28 Jan 1998 11:20:18 MST." <199801281820.LAA05134@mt.sri.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 11:34:26 -0700 From: "Russell L. Carter" Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk }[ Solutions that aren't solutions deleted. ] } }Yeah, and you've just proven again that you don't understand *why* the }compilers are built like they are. Can you say 'namespace pollution'? }I knew you could. } Hmm, what Simon's talking about is otherwise known as a "Product Model", and it doesn't have a flat namespace... Abstract product models are pretty well understood, but maybe not so familiar to pure software engineers. As far as a product goes, an operating system is peanuts compared to something like a ship, say. Or even a car, these days. Somehow, those get built. The database is sorta key. (ahem) Russell