I was referencing libressl in particular on this one. MIPS Pro, when set to c99, seems to handle most code that isn't bound to GCC with some exceptions. I'm building everything 32-bit here, so I can't speak for the 64 bit quirks. I'm also using GCC 4.7 for libressl, among other things that won't build right (php-5.6 and httpd-2.4 being the big ones on that particular box, I've built a lot of things on IRIX to bring stuff up to date though).

Windows yes. I haven't seen anyone submit patches for OpenVMS, and I don't have an OpenVMS system to even try on. It does, however, support OS X, Net and Free BSD, HP-UX, and Solaris. I used to have it working for AIX and IRIX, but changes in the 2.1.x release have broken them for now, and I'm not sure that I'll ever get IRIX working again.

I forgot Solaris in the supported list! Tested on Solaris 10-11.

Actually, libressl supports OS X and HP-UX as well. Some groundwork is in place for supporting AIX and IRIX (I no longer have access to AIX to continue porting, and I'm not sure IRIX will ever work right). If you really wanted it to work with MSVC, you could write, test, and propose the patches to make it work. I'm all for eliminating GCCisms (the areas I've been poking at the code I'm not trying to eliminate GCCisms, not my priority).

Sounds like the wait is mainly HDD related, if I had to take a guess. That's the only explanation I can give for why they are so similar.

I just timed loading Office 2011 for Mac on my MacBook Pro (MBP 1,1, 2.1GHz Core [1] Duo, 2GB RAM, OS X 10.6) - loading and hitting Open Apple + N, and waiting for the new window to open took around 16 seconds.

Apple and Microsoft are far behind in terms of support from what I see.

SGI IRIX 6.5: 1998-2014
Solaris 10: 2005-2021
Solaris 11: 2011-2024
If I want long term support, I know I'm not going for a Windows systems or a Linux box. Know where to go for it (I'm sure that IBM and HP have some long lifecycles too....but I'm less versed in AIX, i, HP-UX, and OpenVMS)

I think the pkg command was the single greatest change in Solaris 11.

You'll have wait for us to add that to the Nessus plugins! I'm looking forward to all the tickets coming in tomorrow (We need package xxx from Oracle for Nessus plugins...))!

With that kind of logic, Windows is not the OS to be running. Maybe try Solaris, IBM i, or IBM AIX, all of which have much longer support cycles (SGI IRIX did too, but finally ended in 2014.)

There are some things I really like about the Precisions. I have a M4500 for myself and a M4700 at work. The Quadro graphics is a nice touch. But none of mine are anywhere near as light as the MBP (haven't touched any of the M6xxx yet, we have some M3800s that are pretty lightweight). The main thing I like about my Precisions over the MacBooks (especially the retina based) is that I can easily replace components. It's a shame that I actually like OS X much better then Windows (or Linux, with the political mess it is becoming).

I complain about it violating Rule 4: Choose portability over efficiency, 5: Store data in flat text files, and 7: Use shell scripts to increase leverage and portability. It is not portable. It aims to break compatibility with other Unix OS's.

Considering that we have SMF from Sun and launchd from Apple as well, there was no need to reinvent the wheel.

Then maybe they should have tried using SMF or launchd.

He doesn't always have a long rant. Actually, the patches I submitted to libreSSL merely got marked approved, no rant attached at all.