Re: PDD 2nd go: Conventions and Guidelines for Perl Source Code

[H . Merijn Brand]

On Tue 29 May 2001 19:25, Dave Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> =head2 Portability
> 
> Related to extensibility is portability. Perl runs on many, many
> platforms, and will no doubt be ported to ever more bizarre and obscure
> ones over time.  You should never assume an operating system, processor
> architecture, endian-ness, word size, or whatever. In particular, don't
> fall into the any of the following common traps:
> 
> TBC ... Any suggestions welcome !!!

+ gcc vs. native compilers
+ builtin's vs. functions
+ system updates on include files once (long ago) `repaired' by the gcc
  installation
+ what gcc allows isn't always accepted by other compilers (e.g. functions
  within functions)

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