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- From: drd@siia.mv.com (David Dick)
- Subject: Re: True Portability?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.224055.2465@siia.mv.com>
- Organization: Software Innovations, Inc., Nashua, NH
- References: <Aug31.145702.60242@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 22:40:55 GMT
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- In article <Aug31.145702.60242@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> shafer@CS.ColoState.EDU (spencer shafer) writes:
- >With 'C's touted portability, is it unreasonable for a user to expect
- >a vendor to offer "source code compatibility" across multiple hardware
- >platforms?
-
- In our business of migrating software to UNIX, we have sometimes
- been contractually required to provide converted software that will
- run identically on more than one machine. I don't think it's
- unreasonable at all -- I thought support for portable software
- was supposed to be one of the great advantages of UNIX.
-
- Unfortunately, it has become harder, not easier, since we started
- in this business (1981).
-
- David Dick
- Software Innovations, Inc. [the Software Moving Company]
-