Re: Linux beoming a real choice?

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From: Ronald F. Guilmette
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1993 07:29

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In article <C89stC.FLC@news2.cis.umn.edu> caa@c2s.mn.org (Charles Anderson) writes:
>
>This is probably because of ports from Solaris 1.x to 2.x.  All 2.x apps are
>supposed to compile and run on the Intel and Sparc Solaris' without changes.

If you have good code, written by intelligent people, then that ought to be
true.

If you have crap code, written by morons, which relies on byte-ordering,
then it most certainly WILL NOT be true.

-- 

// Ron ("Loose Cannon") Guilmette    uucp: ...uunet!lupine!segfault!rfg
//
//      "On the one hand I knew that programs could have a compelling
//       and deep logical beauty, on the other hand I was forced to
//       admit that most programs are presented in a way fit for
//       mechanical execution, but even if of any beauty at all,
//       totally unfit for human appreciation."
//                                              -- Edsger W. Dijkstra

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