Re: [dev] several questions

From: Anselm R Garbe <garbeam_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 07:13:59 +0200

On 21 September 2016 at 04:04, Greg Reagle <greg.reagle_AT_umbc.edu> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2016, at 04:44 PM, FRIGN wrote:
>> Some people would recommend rc (by Plan9), but it's definitely not
>> portable
>
> Would you mind explaining specifically what you mean by "not portable"?
> It is my understanding that it works on a lot of Unix-like operating
> systems and that it is highly portable.

I was thinking exactly the same. Portability is not about being able
to compile 9base on Windows, it is that rc scripts behave in a 9base
environment exactly the same, regardless if FreeBSE, Linux, OSX or
whatever is underneath.

-Anselm
Received on Wed Sep 21 2016 - 07:13:59 CEST