* Chris Zakelj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [050618 12:21]: > I'm curious as to how programs actually get ported from one OS to > another, and if certain directions are easier than others. That is, how > does one figure out what needs to be changed in order to make OpenNTPD > work on Linux? Is it generally easier to move a program from $some_bsd > to $some_other_os, or from $some_other_os to $some_bsd? How would you > even begin to port something like OpenSSH to a non-Unix system like > Windows? Does the chosen language (C, C++, Java, etc) make a difference > in difficulty? When I've built from ports, I can see make files doing > OS detection, but from there (not being a very good coder), I can't > really make out how it changes the code based on that. Any > recommendations for "casual programmer" books would be cool... I'm not > interested in becoming a kernel hacker or driver programmer, but at > least being able to understand what's going on would be nice. >
Not exactly a shallow subject. Take a look at this: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/port/index.html Jim
