[Info-vax] Looking into C-include files on VMS

[Richard B. Gilbert]

Joerg Schilling wrote:
> In article <4ae8de5e$0$276$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>,
> =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?=  <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> 
>>> star started in 1982, GNU tar started in 1987
>>> smake started 1984, GNU make started in 1988
>>>
>>> GNU tar as well as GNU make have unfixed problems (most of them since more than 
>>> 10 years) and the maintainers are not responsive with fixes. There is e.g. a 
>>> problem with GNU tar that causes GNU tar to be even unable to unpack own 
>>> archives under some conditions that still has not been completely fixed.
>> Use the power of GPL and fork them.
> 
> It is easier to work on a clean implementation that to work on implementations 
> that have many known problems because if the source structure.
> 
> I am sure you prefer to use your own shoes instead of trying to make other 
> peoples shoes fit to you.
> 
> BTW: why did people create GNU make and GNU tar although smake and star
> did exist before?
> 

Perhaps people wanted to use identical tools across several hardware 
and/or software platforms.