Re: [gtk-list] Re: To GTK, or not to GTK - that is the question

[Ulric Eriksson <ulric edu stockholm se>]

On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, Havoc Pennington wrote:

> On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, Ulric Eriksson wrote:
> > 
> > I'm allergic to the view of GNU/Linux as the only environment worthy of
> > our attention.
> 
> That is not the point. The point is, people are using GNU/Linux. People
> code what they want to have. *shrug* - at least they write portable code.
> But they aren't going to code things with a Solaris box in mind, because
> they don't have a Solaris box, or Motif. People don't mind taking
> portability patches, and if proprietary system users find it useful -
> great. But that is not the motivation for most, I don't think. 

I am aware of that attitude; I just don't agree with it. I test build and
test run my software on all the platforms I can lay my hands on, and it
really helps shake out bugs caused by endianness or minor OS differences.
If there is anything the Internet should be good for, it is to get things
compiled on as many platforms as possible.

Sparcs are great to find endianness problems, btw.

Ulric