On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 03:26:56PM -0700, Joel Aelwyn wrote: > (I, for one, have never bought the "magical exec() boundary" FSF argument; > an API is a natural barrier which can be fairly straightforwardly tested > and is covered by fairly well understood precedents already. *Especially* > if that API happens to be outside the domain of either of the parts > involved.)
I think that the exec() boundary is a more accurate approximation than an ABI boundary, simply because it's a more constrained case (exec() being a small subset of all possible ABI features). However, fundamentally, technical details provide information about a situation but other kinds of information also exists. -- Raul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
