Maciej W. Rozycki [2024-10-07 12:04:29]:
FWIW compiling 25 years old a piece of software is even tougher, unless you use contemporary tools in a contemporary environment, so while the availability of the source code is surely always worth appreciating, the challenge to make them run is not any smaller.
That depends. I have compiled several SysV- and BSD4.3-utilities for FreeDOS, using gcc or openwatcom. Most compiled straight away.
Most of the C programs I made for my Amiga compiles fine today (obviously not Intuition-based graphics programs).
I like to collect old text adventure games, most of what I find are easy to compile on Linux.
NB if you clean up old a.out support and submit it for re-inclusion in Linux along with a serious offer to maintain it long-term, then it may well end up being accepted. You have the option to maintain it off-tree too.
Not me. I have really no need to run a.out binaries, nor am i qualified to do such a thing.
-- Hilsen Harald
