Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 23:30:18 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: Paul Richards <paul@freebsd-services.com> Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: `Hiding' libc symbols Message-ID: <xzpu1c5unx1.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <20030508161223.GL1869@survey.codeburst.net> (Paul Richards's message of "Thu, 8 May 2003 17:12:24 %2B0100") References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0305011046140.73226-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> <XFMail.20030501140549.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20030501182820.GA53641@madman.celabo.org> <20030503201409.GA41554@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030505175428.GA19275@madman.celabo.org> <20030506170919.GD36798@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030506175557.GE79167@madman.celabo.org> <20030508161223.GL1869@survey.codeburst.net>
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Paul Richards <paul@freebsd-services.com> writes: > Any C code that isn't written according to the standard that defines > C is broken. That includes most of the FreeBSD source tree. > There's just no argument to be made that FreeBSD should be hacked > to support C code that is written by programmers who haven't bothered > to learn the rules of C properly. > [...] > My opinion is that FreeBSD should cater to the people who know their > stuff and let the crap programmers out their be shown the bugs that > exist in their code when they try to use it on FreeBSD. Now I know why people accuse us of elitism... Let's please not favor pedantry over robustness. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org
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