On 4/11/2012 9:17 PM, Rugxulo wrote: > It's not insane at all. In fact, some people *like* static binaries. > :-) And they are sure a billion times smaller than silly GLIBC. I'm > not saying GLIBC doesn't have advantages, but I think OW is perfectly > acceptable for Linux. However, no shared lib support is a common > complaint from people. So don't expect a lot of heavy-duty Linux > projects to adopt it.
There are smaller alternatives to GLIBC out there. (I did a brief stint on the GLIBC team for PowerPC, so I know of the problems.) In 12 years of using Linux I've never run across somebody using OW to compile binaries for Linux. Those people can probably fit in a phone booth. We're talking FreeDOS here, so this is a wild tangent. > I just meant that 64-bit is all the rage, and some people use it (or > even "need" it, allegedly), hence it's often been discussed how adding > this to OW could happen. This has been talked about for years, but no > one has stepped up. (Though it wouldn't be an easy task anyways, so > I'm not surprised.) > > Changing OSes and compilers due to arbitrary limitations is not what I > consider fun or realistic. It's best to avoid such heavy-handed > suggestions. 64 bit is all the rage for what purpose? Big fat pointers are great, but how much address space do people really need for FreeDOS? 64 bit isn't happening for OW because there isn't serious demand for it. Nobody has a good use case for that. I don't understand the "changing OSes and compilers due to arbitrary limitations comment". Are you saying that people are being forced to move away from OW because there is no 64 bit support, and that is an arbitrary limitation? I'm sure that not having 64 bit support is not an arbitrary limitation - that's a big rip-up. > Peter is stepping down as the project maintainer. He's been very busy > apparently ... > I missed where he said he was stepping down, are you sure? Nobody > seemed to complain when he said it would be delayed a few months, so I > figured everything was just slow. If true, I'm not horribly surprised, > but still .... Anyways, he did good work over the years, so I can't > complain. > You need to check out their news server more often. ;-0 Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
