19 May
2005
19 May
'05
10:47 a.m.
Jim Leonard wrote:
Which means they can run on any machine with a C
compiler. So
what's with all the paranoia? Just use whatever works as long
as more than one major platform can extract it.
What's C? Will that be less dead in 100 years than Algol is today?
I know Algol's not completely dead - but it's certainly declining ...
How long before C is no longer available everywhere? How long before
your source no longer compiles without significant effort?
I have no problems with including a ready made unarchiver, but you
also must include a textual specification of the archive format.
After another fifty years have passed and the state of the art has
advanced sufficiently, you can upgrade the archive to include a
povably correct specification :-)
Antonio
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