Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 02:03:32 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pull in upstream before 9.1 code freeze? Message-ID: <4FF55864.8040807@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20120705082857.GB37083@server.rulingia.com> References: <CA%2BQLa9B-Dm-=hQCrbEgyfO4sKZ5aG72_PEFF9nLhyoy4GRCGrA@mail.gmail.com> <4FF4BEED.10103@FreeBSD.org> <62039A45-92E4-4588-988D-6DF39D7B01E5@bsdimp.com> <201207050922.25815.j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> <20120705082857.GB37083@server.rulingia.com>
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On 07/05/2012 01:28, Peter Jeremy wrote:
> On 2012-Jul-05 09:22:25 +0200, Jonathan McKeown
> <j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> wrote:
>> As for the idea that Linux refugees need extra help to migrate,
>> that's the sort of thinking that led to things like:
>>
>> alias dir=ls
>
> Whilst we're on the subject, can we please also have #define BEGIN
> { #define END } wired into gcc to help people migrating from Algol
> and Pascal.
Um, this kind of elitist crap really isn't helpful.
If the new feature gets created, and you don't want to use it, turn it
off. No problem.
I appreciate the people who've spoken up as to why they wouldn't want
to use it, but I haven't seen anything yet that says "having this
feature is a universally bad idea."
Doug
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