Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 09:48:17 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: Glenn Sieb <ges+lists@wingfoot.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Questionable statement in article Message-ID: <20040809084817.GW87690@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <41168DF7.2090601@wingfoot.org> References: <1091989450.570.2.camel@dude.automatvapen.se> <20040808202351.GV87690@submonkey.net> <41168DF7.2090601@wingfoot.org>
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--1R6ZDISWaA1muLP0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 04:32:55PM -0400, Glenn Sieb wrote: > Ceri Davies said the following on 8/8/2004 4:23 PM: >=20 > >On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 08:24:10PM +0200, Joel Dahl wrote: > >=20 > > > >>From > >>/usr/share/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/explaining-bsd/article.html: > >> > >>"BSD can execute Linux code, while Linux can not execute BSD code. As a > >>result, more software is available for BSD than for Linux." > >> > >>The last sentence can't be an established fact that's measurable in > >>numbers, or am I wrong? No big deal, but why not just cut it down to: > >> > >>"BSD can execute Linux code, while Linux can not execute BSD code." > >> =20 > >> > > > >I don't think anyone has actually counted, but it's essentially a > >tautology: > >For code(bsd) > 0, code(bsd) + code(linux) > code(linux). > > > But this only holds as long as code(bsd) > code(linux) to begin with....= =20 > no? I'm assuming you failed math. Ceri --=20 It is not tinfoil, it is my new skin. I am a robot. --1R6ZDISWaA1muLP0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBFzpRocfcwTS3JF8RAl59AJ9uW5JKUTBQ7uQdgrXeDwiSLoK3KQCffa+B 1n17zPXN56f86EUmJGxbgYg= =VAV6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --1R6ZDISWaA1muLP0--
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