Anthony Towns wrote: > Why would we have architecture specific examples? The only reason I can > think of is to help specify a data format that differs across platforms > (example programs should be given in source).
Think about things like example data files with endian issues. > But in this case, wouldn't it be more useful to have them all available > everywhere, so that when you're making use of the examples you can get at > all the data formats at once, without having to have a machine running > each different architecture? I don't see why that'd be useful. > I'm not convinced the proposal is necessary (the problem's non-existant > atm afaik), and that even if it was, that it's the right solution. I have no problem with dropping the proposal if people think it's unecessary. It can always be revived if it ever actually comes up. -- see shy jo
