Re: remove pre-486 code from i386 platform

2022-07-29 Thread Tomasz Rola
o explain or keep saying "read it in the docs". At the same time, ok, perhaps nobody will really care about such details. I might be wrong about it. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif&q

Re: remove pre-486 code from i386 platform

2022-07-29 Thread Tomasz Rola
purpose they will see in a future. I believe it is still possible to buy 386 in a form of so called industrial computer. Their life is expected to be decades long. Someone out there might be supporting this old stuff while making sure his code compiles on newer hardware, too. While not having t

Re: averse to lisp in base?

2021-08-29 Thread Tomasz Rola
alling this stuff when needed and keeping it on some pendrive. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home** ** directory. And then the C programmer be

Re: ksh "clear-screen" editing command

2018-06-16 Thread Tomasz Rola
On Sat, Jun 16, 2018 at 07:47:07PM +0200, Mark Kettenis wrote: > > Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 18:15:42 +0200 > > From: Tomasz Rola > > [...] > > > > Just my cent or two. > > You're missing the point here. Calling /usr/bin/clear to clear the > screen from

Re: ksh "clear-screen" editing command

2018-06-16 Thread Tomasz Rola
knows one thing and knows it well is minimal, even more so on modern platforms. Additional benefit is having to change only this one program if such a need arises in a future. Just my cent or two. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha