Re: [boost] Re: [jamboost] Re: Removing dots from toolset names

From: Ben Hutchings (ben.hutchings_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-10-08 03:12:47

Beman Dawes wrote:
<snip>
> In addition to ISO 9660, the classic MAC OS, VMS, and various IBM legacy 
> OS's were considerations.
> 
> The classic MAC OS is less of a consideration today, and VMS also falls 
> in that category. The legacy IBM systems are still important in some 
> quarters, but we have never had any requests for Boost interoperability 
> on those systems that I'm aware of.
> 
> That pretty much leaves ISO 9660 as the main consideration. I'm under 
> the impression that Joliet extensions are now widely available, although 
> I've not done a systematic survey.

What if someone ports Boost to AmigaOS?  That has a 30-character limit 
on filenames (in the standard filesystem, though not in all).  I believe 
GCC 3.4 can still target AmigaOS, so this is not totally impossible... 
though not very likely to happen.

Ben.