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SubjectRe: Patch for 2.2.10 (Quelle surprise!)
On Thu, 8 Jul 1999, Albert D. Cahalan wrote:
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> Let's say I wrote software that would use MMX on ia32, AltiVec
> instructions on PowerPC, and VIS on the SPARC. I want to test for the
> appropriate feature at runtime. How? Must I write several parsers?
> I would want to collect my data with one cross-platform parser.
> Then I could just query for a "VIS" boolean.

Of course if you got it via sysctl() or whatever, you would wind up
writing ZERO parsers. That's why some people want it that way.

--
Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer mwood@IUPUI.Edu
A Brazil-nut is neatly packaged and tightly integrated. To turn it into
food, you must crack and remove the shell. I find that I feel the same
way about an increasing number of software products. *sigh*


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