On Tue 29 May 2001 19:25, Dave Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > =head2 Portability > > Related to extensibility is portability. Perl runs on many, many > platforms, and will no doubt be ported to ever more bizarre and obscure > ones over time. You should never assume an operating system, processor > architecture, endian-ness, word size, or whatever. In particular, don't > fall into the any of the following common traps: > > TBC ... Any suggestions welcome !!! + gcc vs. native compilers + builtin's vs. functions + system updates on include files once (long ago) `repaired' by the gcc installation + what gcc allows isn't always accepted by other compilers (e.g. functions within functions) -- H.Merijn Brand Amsterdam Perl Mongers (http://www.amsterdam.pm.org/) using perl-5.6.1, 5.7.1 & 626 on HP-UX 10.20 & 11.00, AIX 4.2, AIX 4.3, WinNT 4, Win2K pro & WinCE 2.11 often with Tk800.022 &/| DBD-Unify ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/authors/id/H/HM/HMBRAND/
- PDD 2nd go: Conventions and Guidelines for Perl Source C... Dave Mitchell
- Re: PDD 2nd go: Conventions and Guidelines for Perl... Abhijit Menon-Sen
- Re: PDD 2nd go: Conventions and Guidelines for Perl... H . Merijn Brand
- Re: PDD 2nd go: Conventions and Guidelines for Perl... Bart Lateur
- Re: PDD 2nd go: Conventions and Guidelines for Perl... Dan Sugalski
- Re: PDD 2nd go: Conventions and Guidelines for Perl... Graham Barr
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- Re: PDD 2nd go: Conventions and Guidelines for Perl... Larry Wall
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- Re: PDD 2nd go: Conventions and Guidelines for Perl... H . Merijn Brand
- Re: PDD 2nd go: Conventions and Guidelines for Perl... Dave Mitchell
- Re: PDD 2nd go: Conventions and Guidelines for Perl... H . Merijn Brand
- Re: PDD 2nd go: Conventions and Guidelines for Perl... Graham Barr
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