Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!nsc!voder!berlioz!des From: des@berlioz (Desmond Young) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Bruce Evans' opus Summary: Bruce's Code I am for it too .. Message-ID: <338@blenheim.nsc.com> Date: 9 Jun 89 00:00:44 GMT References: <16497@louie.udel.EDU> <11989@bcsaic.UUCP> Organization: National Semiconductor, Santa Clara Lines: 18 In article <11989@bcsaic.UUCP>, paula@bcsaic.UUCP (Paul Allen) writes: > .... The real > value of POSIX compatibility will come when there is a 386 > version of Minix that can take advantage of it. An adequate > stop along the way would be a 286 PM version with a large- > model compiler. > > I sincerely hope that Dr. Tanenbaum will reconsider his > decision not to adopt Bruce's version. HEAR, HEAR. I do not expect ast to adopt it, but there is no reason why it should not become the defacto standard. Des. -- Reply: des@logic.nsc.com {decwrl,hplabs,sun,pyramid,amdahl}!nsc.com!logic!des Des Young, M/S D3635 National Semiconductor, Santa Clara The light at the end of the tunnel was only a burglar's torch - J.Buffet.