Debian GNU/Hurd Status Update [pdf]

Re:Debian GNU/Hurd Status Update [pdf] by ianremsen on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @06:24PM (#10119849)

I think it's wrong to call it poorly written because the programmer only accounted their C preprocessor code for ~99.99% of desktop and mobile operating systems. The diminishing return for avoiding this approach is so impalpable it hurts. Windows, OSX/iOS/BSD, and Linux/Android literally are everything anyone ever uses, within rounding error.

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Re:Debian GNU/Hurd Status Update [pdf] by ori_b on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @06:41PM (#10119907)

The diminishing return approach is this:

     #ifdef LINUX
     // include Linux headers
     #elif defined(BSD)
     // include BSD headers
     #elif defined(WINDOWS)
     // include Windows headers.
     # else
     #error "unsupported system"
     #endif

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Re:Debian GNU/Hurd Status Update [pdf] by viraptor on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @06:42PM (#10119913)

If you develop for different platforms then it may actually make sense to do a "if linux / elif bsd / elif windows / else #error unsupported". At least it gives you a proper answer in case you forgot you have some wild crosscompiler in your path. But I understand it's not a popular concern...

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