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Article #965Re: "official" FSF position on apple
From: Allen Briggs
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 19:39
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 19:39
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In article <1992Sep15.184845.156@news.nd.edu> dmatiske@caravaggio.helios.nd.edu (david matiskella) writes: > However the main problem with proting GNU stuff to the mac is >that most of them will require major rewrites. They are not designed >around an event driven architechure. The ones that have been ported >generally require MPW which simulates a lot of unix calls. [Please use the enter key...] This is a minor point, but Apple does have a un*x offering for the "higher-end" mac's. I've been using A/UX for the last 4.5 years, and it's not that hard to get most std un*x stuff to compile on it... It beats the heck out of most 80386 versions that I've seen. -allen -- Allen Briggs \ My eyes have seen you/Free from diguise briggs@csugrad.cs.vt.edu | Gazing on a city under/Television skies. Computer Science / My eyes have seen you/Let them photograph your soul Virginia Tech / Memorize your alleys/On an endless roll. (The Doors)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!vtserf!csugrad!briggs From: briggs@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Allen Briggs) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: "official" FSF position on apple Message-ID: <BuMxA2.GDI@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> Date: 15 Sep 92 19:39:37 GMT References: <1992Sep15.051438.28757@uwm.edu> <frain.716570605@depot.cis.ksu.edu.cis.ksu.edu> <1992Sep15.184845.156@news.nd.edu> Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA Lines: 19