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Article #22702Portability (was IBM RISC)
From: Steve Engelhardt
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1990 16:24
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1990 16:24
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In article <1990Feb26.212613.5734@world.std.com> bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) writes: >[Very long but good article on the Good, Bad, and Ugly of "portable code" > and "portability" in general] >But it's not just a matter of getting someone to type "make install" >on the new platform. Itt does take a good lump of cash and a lot of >work to accomplish if your product is worth anything at all. It is refreshing to see what IMHO is a "real world" look at this issue. Especially when your bosses are looking through rose-colored glasses and think that "portability" is the answer to everything -- and FREE at that! The above opinions are (of course) my own. M. A. Pasek Software Development NCR Comten, Inc. (612) 638-7668 MNI Development 2700 N. Snelling Ave. pasek@c10sd3.StPaul.NCR.COM Roseville, MN 55113
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!ucsd!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!ncr-sd!ncrlnk!ncrcce!pasek From: pasek@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Steve Engelhardt) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Portability (was IBM RISC) Summary: Standing ovation! Keywords: C Unix Portable Message-ID: <1937@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM> Date: 28 Feb 90 16:24:32 GMT References: <9376@portia.Stanford.EDU> <E58.+d@cs.psu.edu> <00405@sarek.UUCP> <En$_--@cs.psu.edu> <1990Feb26.212613.5734@world.std.com> Reply-To: pasek@c10sd3.StPaul.NCR.COM (M. A. Pasek) Followup-To: comp.arch comp.lang.c Distribution: na Organization: NCR Comten, Inc. Lines: 16