Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/11/01/11:25:09
Ralph Proctor (ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net) wrote:
: Does the program have to have been a GNU program originally to
: be a port? I don't think so. I may be wrong. Please correct me.
: Of course, you may have already answered this below.
No. Any program from any platform to any other platform would be a
port.
: Okay, you will have a port after doing a lot of work.
: What you had to begin with was not a port but a ___________???????.
Eeeeh! Well, what do you have first? Hmmm, scratch-scratch... Sorry
I'm at a loss of words.
1. An idea, that makes someone
2. write a program, which is seen or discovered by somebody else, so
he
3. ports it.
?
: Good point. I get embarrassed with some things. Next time I will
: try and see.
Well, you shouldn't be embarrased trying to learn.
Pettersson, Symphony No. 12,
MartinS
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