---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Justin Emmanuel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 26-Oct-2005 19:03 Subject: Re: POSIX Layer / Emulation To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have no problem with that. I have no loyalty to a particular technology. If we build it, GNU apps will end up supporting it in the long run. You and I both know that. Open Source/GNU cannot be so entrenched in current backwards technology that it cannot move forward. I have a far greater loyalty to that concept. Open Source is far to important to be permitted to have that point of view. A POSIX emulation layer to help GNU apps run on a GNU system. I have no problem with that at all. I system that runs on 1980/90's technology (and even older!). This is a far bigger issue. On 26/10/05, Alfred M. Szmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > AMS said that EMACS is a example that software that could be > problematic to port to this new design, but on > http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ has systems that are not > implementations of POSIX, like MS DOS. > > Emacs runs in a POSIX enviroment on MS-DOG if I recall correctly (it > uses DJGPP which emulates large parts of POSIX or so), same deal for > the Windows port. > > I am not able to see how hard is implement a layer (or an emulator) > to support legacy POSIX programs on the detriment of a POSIX system > that has almost no techinical advantage. I am not saying that he is > wrong, but I am not undertanding Alfred's point of view. > > What you are saying more or less is that GNU programs (existing ones) > shouldn't run nativley on the GNU system, don't you find that a bit > silly/weird/strange/etc? > > > _______________________________________________ > L4-hurd mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/l4-hurd > _______________________________________________ L4-hurd mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/l4-hurd
