Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 19:55:39 -0800 (PST) From: Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, rcarter@consys.com, (Nate Williams) <nate@mt.sri.com> Subject: Re: gnu/usr.bin/cvs/libdiff Message-ID: <XFMail.980129195539.shimon@simon-shapiro.org> In-Reply-To: <199801290050.RAA25513@usr08.primenet.com>
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On 29-Jan-98 Terry Lambert wrote: >> > 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. >> >> W/out any user intevention? Amazing how it requires users to build >> them, isn't it? Yes, it *could* all be automated, but the 'resources' >> required to do it is greater than requiring humans doing the work. Now, >> in a weird twist of fate, that is exactly the same thing I said. > > Actually, the factory where NeXT machines were built was sufficiently > automated that it could produce 30,000 units a month, and required > only two people to run it. It is currently still used to make laser > printers. > >> ps. Yes, given enough time and resources, anything can be automated. >> But, the end result may be more expensive than is worthwhile. Now, I >> wouldn't have any ideas on that given that I work for one of the three >> largest R&D companies in the world, who come up with all sort of >> wonderful (and often times quite expensive) solutions to existing and >> some non-existant problems. :) > > The easiet fix would be to have .depend depn on Makefile, wouldn't it? Probably. But I am still learning how to read Makefiles :-) ---------- Sincerely Yours, Simon Shapiro Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG Voice: 503.799.2313
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