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Re: System call for OS version info
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Re: System call for OS version info


  • Subject: Re: System call for OS version info
  • From: Terry Lambert <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 16:32:30 -0700

On Oct 15, 2006, at 4:16 PM, plumber Idraulico wrote:

uggly

-plum

Well, I'm a kernel person - so anything that avoids linking an XML library or CF Framework to get the same information is a win in my book.


Plus, the UNIX philosophy is to build new tools out of old tools, instead of reinventing the wheel. 8-).

Plus Plus your software really should not care about the build number or version anyway... so making it harder to get discourages people writing code for programs to check the version before deciding they are willing to run.

-- Terry
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