Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 8 Jul 1998 13:37:30 +1000 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: Stupid df tricks |
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Chris Wedgwood writes: > On Wed, Jul 08, 1998 at 12:21:35PM +1000, Richard Gooch wrote: > > > > Upwardly compatible means you support the existing system (UNIX) while > > possibly adding new features. If they want to add texinfo, fine. Just > > keep supporting manual pages, so you can honestly claim to be upwardly > > compatible. > > And backwards compatable means?
:-) Yeah, just what *is* the difference? Elsewhere on the GNU pages they talk about "UNIX compatibility". Does "compatibility" mean "looks the same from thirty paces"?
Regards,
Richard....
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