So sprach Mike A. Harris am Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 08:49:58AM -0400:
> Personally, the number in use of each type of operating system
> out there doesn't matter much in terms of portability.
Depends - on the hand, you're of course right - on the other hand, it means
that not too much energy has got to be spent into portability, if only a
small fraction might get the benefit of the portability issues.
But yes:
> Something is either portable or it isn't. When trying to be
Right.
> If one wants to use snazzy modern features, that is ok, but it should be
> done in a way that falls back to portable methods.
Exactly. Did I say anything different somewhere?
Alexander Skwar
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