On 14 Nov 2001, Kevin D. Clark wrote: > Oh, come on, this isn't really true.
It's a rant. That goes without saying. ;-) > o highly portable shell scripts wouldn't exist (ever use configure?) How ironic. You use a shell script whose major purpose is to detect and correct for differences between platforms to illustrate the effect of standard implementations. Was that deliberate? Obviously, the different Unixish platforms are somewhat similar, or we wouldn't be having this discussion. At the same time, anyone who has had to deal with interoperability between systems knows that just because something is specified does not mean anything will work. :-) > this isn't a intractable problem to deal with. Intractable? No. If it was, we would be justified in not bothering. But is it frustrating? Yes!! :-) -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
