From owner-freebsd-arch Sat Oct 27 14: 9: 1 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 223E937B405 for ; Sat, 27 Oct 2001 14:08:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id OAA24333; Sat, 27 Oct 2001 14:08:39 -0700 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda24331; Sat Oct 27 14:08:32 2001 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.11.6/8.9.1) id f9RL8WQ43030; Sat, 27 Oct 2001 14:08:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from UNKNOWN(10.1.2.1), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by passer9.cwsent.com, id smtpdl43028; Sat Oct 27 14:07:35 2001 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.11.6/8.9.1) id f9RL7Yx81849; Sat, 27 Oct 2001 14:07:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110272107.f9RL7Yx81849@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdX81845; Sat Oct 27 14:07:25 2001 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-Sender: schubert To: Garance A Drosihn Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp , arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: time_t not to change size on x86 In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 27 Oct 2001 16:55:13 EDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 14:07:25 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message , Garance A Drosihn writes: > At 10:16 PM +0200 10/27/01, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > >Peter Wemm writes: > > > Glad you mentioned the off_t problem.. We're *still* finding off_t > > > bugs in *OUR OWN CODE*!! How long has off_t been long long? > > > Nearly 8 years now and we're *still* finding them! > > > >Which clearly points out the real problem: We need a language with > >better type-checking than C, (but before anybody suggest it: "...but > >without all the excess luggage and emotional hangups of C++") > > Now that's getting into MAJOR bikeshed territory! :-) Paint it green please. :) Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD Ministry of Management Services Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message