Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 11:19:44 +0100 (CET) From: Harti Brandt <brandt@fokus.gmd.de> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: Harti Brandt <brandt@fokus.gmd.de>, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>, <sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG>, <silby@silby.com>, <njl@FreeBSD.ORG>, <cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG>, <cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/sleep sleep.c Message-ID: <20021115111704.B2812-100000@beagle.fokus.gmd.de> In-Reply-To: <200211151014.gAFAE1d3007786@apollo.backplane.com>
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On Fri, 15 Nov 2002, Matthew Dillon wrote: MD> I don't see how this has anything to do with a mini-c library. You MD> seem to be proposing that every program in bin be rewritten to MD> support multiple languages. That is a totally separate issue. I MD> am not proposing that the use of a mini-c library cause program MD> output to be different then it would be with libc. If at some future MD> date someone wishes to put in serious multi-language support then MD> those programs would simply not be compiled with a mini-c or, MD> alternatively, one could have a make.conf variable to enable or MD> disable the mini-c mode, or set a particular language statically MD> for mini-c. Either way this line of thought has nothing to do with MD> my current mini-c proposal. Part of your proposal is to build the mini-c without language support. So you are going to do a change, that in the future has simply to be reverted step by step. I can't see how this buys us anything. harti -- harti brandt, http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/cats/employees/hartmut.brandt/private brandt@fokus.gmd.de, brandt@fokus.fhg.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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