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Re: rfc: new libgcc build mechanism
- To: Per Bothner <per at bothner dot com>
- Subject: Re: rfc: new libgcc build mechanism
- From: Mo McKinlay <mmckinlay at labs dot interopen dot org>
- Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 15:14:04 +0100 (GMT)
- cc: Michael Sokolov <msokolov at ivan dot Harhan dot ORG>, autoconf at gnu dot org, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
# > No! 4.3BSD doesn't have *anything* "extended" or SysVile, it is *absolutely
# > pure UNIX*!
#
# This is hilarious. Here we have somebody who calls 4.3BSD "pure UNIX"
# even though it contains such latter-day abominations like symlinks
# and long filesnames!
Actually, what I find more amusing is the fact that BSD is a free
replacement for UNIX. Which is exactly what the GNU project aims for,
albeit with different licensing terms. I fail to see how BSD *can* be
"pure UNIX", when "pure UNIX" is exactly what BSD was created to provide
an alternative for.
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Mo McKinlay Chief Software Architect inter/open Labs
mmckinlay (at) labs.interopen.org http://www.interopen.org
mmckinlay (at) gnu.org http://www.gnu.org