[TUHS] Happy birthday, Ken Thompson!
Toby Thain
toby at telegraphics.com.au
Tue Feb 5 01:39:09 AEST 2019
On 2019-02-04 2:59 AM, Steve Nickolas wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Feb 2019, Peter Jeremy wrote:
>
>> On 2019-Feb-03 15:58:39 -0500, Clem Cole <clemc at ccc.com> wrote:
>>> Portability was designed as an >>import<< idea, and they tried to
>>> keep you
>>> from exporting by getting you to use 'value add.'
>>
>> This is definitely the approach used by FSF/GNU - witness gcc and bash.
>
> I think the term is "Embrace, Extend, Exterminate" <dalek.jpg>
Never heard that one.
A Dalek would have a lot of trouble with the Embrace part.
>
> -uso.
>
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