Re: Portability and usage statistics (was Re: Seppuku and x_IO_error_handler() )
Karl M Hegbloom <karlheg(a)inetarena.com> writes in xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org:
>>>>> "Hrvoje" == Hrvoje Niksic
<hniksic(a)srce.hr> writes:
Hrvoje> karlheg(a)inetarena.com (Karl M. Hegbloom)
writes:
>> I think the main reason that those apps are non-portable is
>> that the people who write them have access only to Linux.
...
Hrvoje> This is unfortunately not true. More often than not,
Hrvoje> these people don't *care* to support anything other than
Hrvoje> Linux.
I don't know, perhaps, but ...
Hrvoje> Didn't you yourself say you didn't care only a few
Hrvoje> messages ago?
The only computers I have access to run Linux.
That's certainly a good reason. The only general way I can write
portable code is to have multiple systems to test on.
On the bright side, I have experienced positive portability results
from using GNU libc and no extensions. Unfortunately, the glibc
documentation is lacking.