From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue May 6 18:58:23 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA21986 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 6 May 1997 18:58:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from main.gbdata.com (tel_ppp0020.livingston.net [207.22.211.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA21980 for ; Tue, 6 May 1997 18:58:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gclarkii@localhost) by main.gbdata.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA00649; Tue, 6 May 1997 20:57:07 -0500 (CDT) From: Gary Clark II Message-Id: <199705070157.UAA00649@main.gbdata.com> Subject: Re: /usr/include/ftpio.h is not C++ safe To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 20:57:07 -0500 (CDT) Cc: terry@lambert.org, bde@zeta.org.au, jkh@time.cdrom.com, nadav@barcode.co.il, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199705062138.OAA19398@phaeton.artisoft.com> from Terry Lambert at "May 6, 97 02:38:56 pm" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Terry Lambert wrote: >>>> What is our reason for having old code around? Is there a GOOD reason >>>> why we are trying to support a non-ansi compiler? What is the chance that >>>> FreeBSD will ever need to do this in real life? >>> >> These compilers run under FreeBSD????? > > No. But I compile code from the FreeBSD source tree on these machines. --SNIP-- > No, but I compile code from the FreeBSD source tree on these machines. --SNIP > How many people really do this? Is it worth the effort to support this instead of supporting more modern styles and standards. > Also, I think you are forgetting that the reason for the UCB license > on FreeBSD was so that people could take the code and do what they > want with it, including compiling it on "OTHER" systems, not as part > of a FreeBSD system. > Does this mean I've got to write my code for those systems? I don't think so.... Also, I've never said a word about the license (a matter of fact, the license I use is less strict than UCBs'). I was just trying to figure out why we are trying to support "OLD" systems when we are supposed to be a modern OS. The orignal 4.4-lite files are still out there. Those can used for the older systems. > terry@lambert.org Gary -- Gary Clark II (N5VMF) | I speak only for myself and "maybe" my company gclarkii@GBData.COM | Member of the FreeBSD Doc Team Providing Internet and ISP startups - http://WWW.GBData.com for information FreeBSD FAQ at ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/docs/FAQ.latin1