Re: Gnu and NeXT

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From: Thomas Neumann
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1992 17:49

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In article <182@colossus.mct-aria> allan@mct.uucp ( System Guru) writes:

> [...]  I am quite
> attracted to the NeXT machine.  I've had the loan of one for a week or
> so and as a general Unix platform it's been impressive.  Is there
> anyone out there using gnu software on NeXT in anger and if so, what
> are your feelings about the combination??  What are the problems,
> pitfalls?? 

Hi,
thanks to the good BSD 4.3 compatibility that the NeXT OS offers at the  
API level I find the NeXT to be an excellent platform for most GNU  
software. I experienced much more problems on SVR4 and even more on  
SVR3.2. In fact, many of the NeXT's native software development tools are  
GNU-derived (NeXT cc is derived from gcc, NeXT ld is a modified GNU  
linker, there is a kernel-debug version of gdb...).
If you liked the NeXT better than a Sparc, go and get it!

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Subject: Re: Gnu and NeXT
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