Fwd: POSIX Layer / Emulation

[Justin Emmanuel]

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From: Justin Emmanuel <address@hidden>
Date: 26-Oct-2005 19:03
Subject: Re: POSIX Layer / Emulation
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I have no problem with that. I have no loyalty to a particular
technology. If we build it, GNU apps will end up supporting it in the
long run. You and I both know that. Open Source/GNU cannot be so
entrenched in current backwards technology that it cannot move
forward. I have a far greater loyalty to that concept. Open Source is
far to important to be permitted to have that point of view. A POSIX
emulation layer to help GNU apps run on a GNU system. I have no
problem with that at all. I system that runs on 1980/90's technology
(and even older!). This is a far bigger issue.

On 26/10/05, Alfred M. Szmidt <address@hidden> wrote:
>    AMS said that EMACS is a example that software that could be
>    problematic to port to this new design, but on
>    http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ has systems that are not
>    implementations of POSIX, like MS DOS.
>
> Emacs runs in a POSIX enviroment on MS-DOG if I recall correctly (it
> uses DJGPP which emulates large parts of POSIX or so), same deal for
> the Windows port.
>
>    I am not able to see how hard is implement a layer (or an emulator)
>    to support legacy POSIX programs on the detriment of a POSIX system
>    that has almost no techinical advantage. I am not saying that he is
>    wrong, but I am not undertanding Alfred's point of view.
>
> What you are saying more or less is that GNU programs (existing ones)
> shouldn't run nativley on the GNU system, don't you find that a bit
> silly/weird/strange/etc?
>
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