Invisible wrote:
>>> Even so, the whole Unix mentallity seems a lot more set-up for this 
>>> kind of thing. On Windows, there isn't even a standard place for 
>>> header files to live...
>>
>> That's because Windows doesn't assume you'll only have one compiler. :-)
>>
>> It's really quite a recent thing (approximately since Red Hat) that 
>> UNIX software came as executable binaries.
> 
> Then again, how many machine architectures does Unix target?

I didn't say it was a good thing or a bad thing. I said it's a recent thing.

> How many machine architectures does Windows target?

Probably more than you think it does. :)

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   My fortune cookie said, "You will soon be
   unable to read this, even at arm's length."

Post a reply to this message