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[Nmh-workers] What OS/Architecture Do You Run nmh On?
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Ralph Corderoy |
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[Nmh-workers] What OS/Architecture Do You Run nmh On? |
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Mon, 12 Feb 2018 08:05:27 +0000 |
Hi,
Do you run nmh on an OS and architecture that isn't in this list?
If so, what version of MH/nmh, OS, and architecture?
android arm
darwin 386 amd64 arm arm64
dragonfly amd64
freebsd 386 amd64 arm
linux 386 amd64 arm arm64 ppc64{,le} mips{,le} mips64{,le}
netbsd 386 amd64 arm
openbsd 386 amd64 arm
plan9 386 amd64
solaris amd64
windows 386 amd64
I ideally ask because of an off-list comment received of being tempted
to re-write nmh in Go. That would be my first choice in starting today
too. I've been programming C on Unix since the 80s, and it's seen off
inferior allcomers like Java and C++, but Go is the one to replace it
for many programs. (OS and embedded are safe; this ARM has 16 KiB
RAM.)
Eric Raymond agrees; he foresees Go replacing C for many programming
tasks and recently wrote three articles covering this, what's wrong with
C++, and why it will beat other competitors for the crown, e.g. Rust.
http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=7711 The long goodbye to C
http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=7724 The big break in computer languages
http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=7745 Language engineering for great justice
I haven't suggested introducing Go because I didn't want it to be seen
just as a silver bullet, and one that would detract or make it harder to
incrementally improve the existing code. But perhaps we're all sitting
here thinking the same thing. :-)
--
Cheers, Ralph.
https://plus.google.com/+RalphCorderoy
- [Nmh-workers] What OS/Architecture Do You Run nmh On?,
Ralph Corderoy <=
- Re: [Nmh-workers] What OS/Architecture Do You Run nmh On?, Paul Vixie, 2018/02/12
- Re: [Nmh-workers] What OS/Architecture Do You Run nmh On?, Ralph Corderoy, 2018/02/12
- Re: [Nmh-workers] What OS/Architecture Do You Run nmh On?, Bakul Shah, 2018/02/12
- Re: [Nmh-workers] What OS/Architecture Do You Run nmh On?, David Levine, 2018/02/12
- Re: [Nmh-workers] What OS/Architecture Do You Run nmh On?, Paul Vixie, 2018/02/13
- Re: [Nmh-workers] What OS/Architecture Do You Run nmh On?, Ralph Corderoy, 2018/02/13
- Re: [Nmh-workers] What OS/Architecture Do You Run nmh On?, Bob Carragher, 2018/02/13
Re: [Nmh-workers] What OS/Architecture Do You Run nmh On?, Ken Hornstein, 2018/02/12