Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!bwong From: bwong@sundc.UUCP (Brian Wong) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: DECstation 3100 info. Message-ID: <8492@sundc.UUCP> Date: 17 Jan 89 14:52:36 GMT References: <979@isieng.UUCP> <85330@sun.uucp> <278@daitc.daitc.mil> Organization: Sun Microsystems, Vienna, VA Lines: 19 In article <278@daitc.daitc.mil>, jkrueger@daitc.daitc.mil (Jonathan Krueger) writes: > In article <558@oracle.UUCP>, rbradbur@hqpyr1 (Robert Bradbury) discusses: > Interfaces that support software portability > Application binary interfaces [quote from bradbury deleted] > he is arguing against the latter. No, that's not a typo: he may > think he's arguing for the latter, but the inability of machine > architectures to specify program compatibility across OS releases > turns his point against the latter. Jonathan, Could you please explain this? I don't think I'm the only one who doesn't understand your logic here. I don't mean to be flip. I genuinely don't follow you here. -- Brian Wong Sun Microsystems bwong@sun.com Vienna, Va. 703-883-1243