On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:23:29 -0700 Walt Pawley
> At 4:44 PM +0200 8/17/09, Heiner Strauß wrote:
[..]
> >Putting the symbol names in one word helped the linker / loader a lot.
> >Live was so easy.
> >
> >Heiner
> >
> >C(one word = 32 bit) .NOT. (some word processor software)
>
> As so
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:22:11 +0200, Heiner Strauß wrote:
> Didn't need lower case at this time. REAL PROGRAMMERS USED FORTRAN
>
> http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/real.programmers.html
When you're there, don't miss "The story about Mel". By the
way... we have a Mel on our mailing list... :-)
Am Mittwoch, den 19.08.2009, 07:59 + schrieb
freebsd-questions-requ...@freebsd.org:
> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 01:45:27PM -0400, Karl Vogel wrote:
>
> > >> On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:23:29 -0700,
> > >> Walt Pawley said:
> >
> > W> As speculation on my part, perhaps the six character limitation
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 01:45:27PM -0400, Karl Vogel wrote:
> >> On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:23:29 -0700,
> >> Walt Pawley said:
>
> W> As speculation on my part, perhaps the six character limitation is less
> W> a software issue than an early architecture issue - DEC's PDP-6/10
> W> design used 36-
>> On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:23:29 -0700,
>> Walt Pawley said:
W> As speculation on my part, perhaps the six character limitation is less
W> a software issue than an early architecture issue - DEC's PDP-6/10
W> design used 36-bit words and packed six characters (clearly from a
W> limited subset of
At 4:44 PM +0200 8/17/09, Heiner Strauß wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 06:18:45PM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote:
>> > On 17 August 2009 pm 18:09:06 cpghost wrote:
>> > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:25:29AM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
>> > > > By the way, where did I read that #define macro names have
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 06:18:45PM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote:
> > On 17 August 2009 pm 18:09:06 cpghost wrote:
> > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:25:29AM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
> > > > By the way, where did I read that #define macro names have to
> > > > be unique within the first 6 (six) let
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 06:18:45PM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote:
> On 17 August 2009 pm 18:09:06 cpghost wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:25:29AM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
> > > By the way, where did I read that #define macro names have to
> > > be unique within the first 6 (six) letters? :-)
>
Hi,
On 17 August 2009 pm 18:09:06 cpghost wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:25:29AM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
> > By the way, where did I read that #define macro names have to
> > be unique within the first 6 (six) letters? :-)
>
> The 6 letters limit was actually a restriction of earlier
> linke
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:25:29AM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
> By the way, where did I read that #define macro names have to
> be unique within the first 6 (six) letters? :-)
The 6 letters limit was actually a restriction of earlier linkers and
it affected all identifiers of linkable objects like v
Hi,
On 17 August 2009 pm 16:25:29 Polytropon wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:28:01 -0700, George Davidovich
wrote:
> > Sorry, but while I agree the MICROS~1 pejorative can be a bit
> > juvenile and uncalled for, your assertion that 8.3 filenames
> > are a thing of the past is incorrect.
>
> Furt
On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:28:01 -0700, George Davidovich
wrote:
> Sorry, but while I agree the MICROS~1 pejorative can be a bit juvenile
> and uncalled for, your assertion that 8.3 filenames are a thing of the
> past is incorrect.
Furthermore, I think it wasn't a "gain of comfort" MICROS~1 (sorry,
> It does FreeBSD a disservice when its supporters slam other platforms and
> implicitly (and explicitly on occasion) denigrate users of such.
I agree only insofar as nobody is ever benefited by
insulting/denigrating other users. But that's not what Polytropon was
doing, I don't think. Seems to m
On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 11:54:41AM -0400, Charles Oppermann wrote:
>
> I assume your use of "MICROS~1" is some sort of clever dig at
> Microsoft, but this is 2009 - not 1995
Sorry, but while I agree the MICROS~1 pejorative can be a bit juvenile
and uncalled for, your assertion that 8.3 filenames
On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:54:41 -0400, "Charles Oppermann"
wrote:
> I get the humor, but based on this and your previous remarks regarding
> Windows, you're not an authority on Windows or its users - average or
> otherwise.
I may apologize for that not being the case, sadly, at least
according to t
> The average "Windows" user does not read what's on the screen anyway, so
> he will always "next". :-)
I get the humor, but based on this and your previous remarks regarding
Windows, you're not an authority on Windows or its users - average or
otherwise.
It does FreeBSD a disservice when its sup
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:32:20 -0400, "Charles Oppermann"
wrote:
> Correct, and counter to another posters statement that Windows attempts to
> wipe entire disks when installing. Yes, that's the default choice, which is
> perfectly reasonable, but no Windows Setup will erase entire disks without
>
> Are you suggesting that continuous reinstalling of a program numerous
> times until it works is a Windows-only tactic?
Bad software exists on every platform, in proportion to the platform's
installed base.
> To the Original Poster: The easiest way to remove FreeBSD and get back
> to a Windows e
Bertram Scharpf wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am Montag, 10. Aug 2009, 13:00:31 -0700 schrieb Raisa Brokhshtut:
>> My old desktop has FreeBSD that I have never used. [...] Now I
>> want to get rid of this program and to install Windows.
>>
>> Anyway, I would greatly appreciate if you would guide me how to
>>
Hi,
Am Montag, 10. Aug 2009, 13:00:31 -0700 schrieb Raisa Brokhshtut:
> My old desktop has FreeBSD that I have never used. [...] Now I
> want to get rid of this program and to install Windows.
>
> Anyway, I would greatly appreciate if you would guide me how to
> uninstall that program. [...] So
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 01:00:31PM -0700, Raisa Brokhshtut typed:
> Hello,
> ?
> My old desktop has FreeBSD that I have never used. One of the friends of my
> son installed it long ago, but no one used that PC since then. Now I want to
> get rid of this program and to install Windows.?Every time
> My old desktop has FreeBSD that I have never used. One of the friends of my
> son installed it long ago, but no one used that PC since then. Now I want to
> get rid of this program and to install Windows. Every time when I boot this
> PC it prompts for a user login which I don't know. This guy
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:00:31 -0700 (PDT), Raisa Brokhshtut
wrote:
> Anyway, I would greatly appreciate if you would guide me how to uninstall
> that program.
FreeBSD is not a program, it's an operating system.
> I don't have windows reskue cd.
You don't need it, but you need the installation
Raisa Brokhshtut wrote:
Hello,
My old desktop has FreeBSD that I have never used. One of the friends of my son installed it long ago, but no one used that PC since then. Now I want to get rid of this program and to install Windows. Every time when I boot this PC it prompts for a user login whic
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Raisa Brokhshtut wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My old desktop has FreeBSD that I have never used. One of the friends of my
> son installed it long ago, but no one used that PC since then. Now I want to
> get rid of this program and to install Windows. Every time when I boot
Raisa Brokhshtut wrote:
My old desktop has FreeBSD that I have never used. One of the friends of my son
installed it long ago, but no one used that PC since then. Now I want to get
rid of this program and to install Windows. Every time when I boot this PC it
prompts for a user login which I d
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