Conditionally compiled lib*/*.o [was: Re: [PATCH] ...]

[Rob Landley]

On Monday 15 May 2006 4:03 pm, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> regardless of how good a piece of software is, there comes a point
> when, for better or worse, it's time to move on.

Actually we didn't move on because of age.  We moved on because we needed 
better cross-platform support (gcc 2.95 sucked on non-x86 platforms), c99 is 
a seven year old standard that allows us to _reduce_ our dependence on gcc 
specifically, the newer optimizer actually produces smaller code when you 
beat it with a large enough rock, and the Linux kernel already moved on ahead 
of us so we weren't the ones imposing new requirements on the community.

It wasn't just a question of "old".

> rday

P.S.  The linux kernel still says Make 3.79.1 in the Documentation/Changes for 
2.6.16.  Saying that our problem space is harder than the kernel's problem 
space strikes me as kinda silly.

Rob
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