On 2017-03-15 7:02 PM, Warner Losh wrote:
On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 4:55 PM, Toby Thain via cctalk
<cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 2017-03-15 5:17 PM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote:
The whole idea of an "operating system" seems to have morphed into the
notion of a user interface.
To my way of thinking,t he various flavors of Linux are really a user
interface build on a single operating system.
Has anybody else noticed that the meaning of "portable code" seems to have
morphed into "can be built on two or three different flavours of Linux"?
1983. All the world's a VAX.
Running BSD
1993. No sorry, all the world's a SPARC.
Running Solaris
Yeah, or SunOS 4 was the reference platform for a while.
2013. Oops, no, all the world's an x86.
Running Linux
Yep.
--T
I'm waiting for the rise of cell phones to make it
202x All the world's an ARM running Android
Warner
--T
One thing you can depend upon in this field is the inconstancy of
definitions.
Agreed.
Regards,
Peter Coghlan
