Re: [9fans] Re: X Window System

[Douglas A. Gwyn]

erik quanstrom wrote:
> portablity is for people cannot [sic] write new programs.
>         - linus torvalds 
> (people.fluidsignal.com/~luferbu/misc/Linus_vs_Tanenbaum.html)

No, portability is to avoid having to reinvent every single wheel.