[OpenIndiana-discuss] use cases of Sun Studio-compiled C++ libraries on OI

[James Carlson]

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On 12/7/2014 5:26 PM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) wrote:
> Wouldn't this break the binary compatibility guarantee that Solaris
> had been traditionally marketed on?
> 
> I'm no kernel engineer, so I wouldn't know.

No.  The guarantee has always been that *IF* your application complies
strictly with the ABI *THEN* it won't be broken on future releases
without adequate notice.

This doesn't in any way guarantee that you can produce such an
application in the first place by linking together arbitrary (and
incompatible) objects.

Producing an ABI compliant application can be a difficult job,
particularly if you choose to work in a hostile environment such as C++.

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James Carlson         42.703N 71.076W         <carlsonj at workingcode.com>
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