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From: pasek@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Steve Engelhardt)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Portability (was IBM RISC)
Summary: Standing ovation!
Keywords: C Unix Portable
Message-ID: <1937@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM>
Date: 28 Feb 90 16:24:32 GMT
Expires: 9 Mar 90 05:00:00 GMT
References: <9376@portia.Stanford.EDU> <E58.+d@cs.psu.edu> <00405@sarek.UUCP> <En$_--@cs.psu.edu> <1990Feb26.212613.5734@world.std.com>
Reply-To: pasek@c10sd3.StPaul.NCR.COM (M. A. Pasek)
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In article <1990Feb26.212613.5734@world.std.com> bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) writes:
>[Very long but good article on the Good, Bad, and Ugly of "portable code"
> and "portability" in general]
>But it's not just a matter of getting someone to type "make install"
>on the new platform. Itt does take a good lump of cash and a lot of
>work to accomplish if your product is worth anything at all.

It is refreshing to see what IMHO is a "real world" look at this issue.
Especially when your bosses are looking through rose-colored glasses and
think that "portability" is the answer to everything -- and FREE at that!

The above opinions are (of course) my own.

M. A. Pasek               Software Development             NCR Comten, Inc.
(612) 638-7668              MNI Development              2700 N. Snelling Ave.
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