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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!van-bc!vanbc.wimsey.com!cynic.portal.ca!curt From: curt@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: DEBATE: BSD vs. Linux Date: 6 Sep 1995 03:30:04 GMT Organization: Internet Portal Services, Ltd. Lines: 23 Message-ID: <42j4js$lu9@wolfe.wimsey.com> References: <4233kp$t8p@hilly.apci.net> <42c18e$eg7@klaava.helsinki.fi> <42dp79$bv5@wolfe.wimsey.com> <42gnkt$9ji@klaava.helsinki.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:940 comp.os.linux.advocacy:19441 In article <42gnkt$9ji@klaava.helsinki.fi>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@cc.Helsinki.FI> wrote: >In article <42dp79$bv5@wolfe.wimsey.com>, >Curt Sampson <curt@cynic.portal.ca> wrote: >>Or in other words, can I cross compile from a platform where I also >>compile native systems for that platform? >This is getting ridiculous. In a word (or three): "Who really cares?" I do. If my personal workstation is a nice fast Alpha, and I've also got to maintain a handful of i386 workstations and a PowerPC or two, I'd like to be able to do all my compilation on my Alpha. Perhaps there aren't any Linux users out there who need to maintain multiplatform environments. cjs -- Curt Sampson curt@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil.