On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 09:42, John Hasler wrote: > Ron Johnson writes: > > But the point is that it can easily be done, and often is, to get that > > extra feature, or reduce the SLOC by a dozen or so, or to speed it up a > > little bit. > > The only one of my packages that makes any system calls is chrony (it mucks > about with the clock) and it has a compatibility layer. > > > Another thing that kills portability is the need to call functions that > > only have a library on a specific platform. > > Most well-written libraries are themselves portable.
(Warning: reference to non-FLOSS software.) But you can't always know if the the library is portable. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA "Fear the Penguin!!" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
