Re: [dwm] dmenu, slock patches; slock DPMS crash

From: Sander van Dijk <a.h.vandijk_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 20:14:40 +0200

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 6:40 PM, Matthias-Christian Ott <ott_AT_enolink.de> wrote:
> It's POSIX conform [1], so I don't see the whole point of the
> discussion.

POSIX was created to make it easier to write portable apps. When one,
knowingly, writes a non-portable app, and then says "hey, but it's
POSIX compliant", one is missing the point. POSIX is a means to an
end, not an end in itself. Basically, the point of the discussion is
the same as the point of POSIX itself: portability.

Greetings, Sander.
Received on Tue Apr 08 2008 - 20:14:50 UTC

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