From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jan 6 00:15:14 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id AAA18526 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 6 Jan 1997 00:15:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id AAA18521 for ; Mon, 6 Jan 1997 00:15:09 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id SAA00493; Mon, 6 Jan 1997 18:44:58 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199701060814.SAA00493@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: pib comments. In-Reply-To: <12969.852533091@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Jan 5, 97 10:44:51 pm" To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 18:44:57 +1030 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, mrcpu@cdsnet.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (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 Jordan K. Hubbard stands accused of saying: > > I suggest that the Makefiles are a cache already (just a bad one 8), so > > the matter is one of degree, not principle. 8) > > Isn't that's sort of like saying "the haystack is the storage area for > the needle, so the difficulty in finding it is simply a matter of > degree, not principle." :-) Yup, you got it. You could perhaps say that at the moment, with the hay all piled up, the needle is practically impossible to find. With a little reorganisation though (buldoze the hay flat), finding the needle (with a suitable magnet) would be relatively trivial. > Jordan -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[