From owner-freebsd-current Thu Jan 29 09:40:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA12834 for current-outgoing; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 09:40:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sendero.simon-shapiro.org (sendero-fxp0.Simon-Shapiro.ORG [206.190.148.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA12818 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 09:40:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from shimon@sendero-fxp0.simon-shapiro.org) Received: (qmail 25534 invoked by uid 1000); 28 Jan 1998 19:05:22 -0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3-alpha-011998 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199801281834.LAA27643@dnstoo.consys.com> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 11:05:22 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: shimon@simon-shapiro.org Organization: The Simon Shapiro Foundation From: Simon Shapiro To: "Russell L. Carter" Subject: Re: gnu/usr.bin/cvs/libdiff Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, Nate Williams Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe current" On 28-Jan-98 Russell L. Carter wrote: > > }[ 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) Thanx! :-) ---------- Sincerely Yours, Simon Shapiro Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG Voice: 503.799.2313