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diff --git a/docs/uclibc.org/FAQ.html b/docs/uclibc.org/FAQ.html index 23af6d53a..e9e3019cc 100644 --- a/docs/uclibc.org/FAQ.html +++ b/docs/uclibc.org/FAQ.html @@ -109,20 +109,26 @@ to the uClibc home page.</a> </TD></TR> <TR><TD BGCOLOR="#eeeee0"> - uClibc has been designed from the ground up to be a C library for - embedded Linux. We don't need to worry about things like MS-DOS - support, or BeOS, or AmigaOs any other system. This lets us cut out - a lot of complexity and very carefully optimize for Linux. By very - careful design, we can also take a few shortcuts. For example, glibc - contains an implementation of the wordexp() function, in compliance - with the Single Unix Specification, version 3. Well, standards are - important. But so is pragmatism. The wordexp function is huge, yet I - am not aware of even one Linux application that uses it! So uClibc - doesn't provide wordexp(). There are many similar examples. In other - cases, uClibc leaves certain features (such as full C99 Math library - support, IPV6, and RPC support) disabled by default. Those features - can be enabled for people that need them, but are otherwise disabled to - save space. + uClibc has been designed from the ground up to be a C library for embedded + Linux. We don't need to worry about things like MS-DOS support, or BeOS, + or AmigaOs any other system. This lets us cut out a lot of complexity and + very carefully optimize for Linux. By very careful design, we can also + take a few shortcuts. +<!-- FIXME + For example, glibc's stdio code (handling things + like printf, scanf, fopen, etc) has been evolved over many years by + patching various bits of additional functionality as needed. uClibc's + stdio code was written by just one person, and was carefully designed from + the outset to comply with the latest standards while carefully reusing code + and being as small and configurable as possible, In this way, uClibc's + stdio code... + + There are many similar examples. +--> + In other cases, uClibc + leaves certain features (such as full C99 Math library support, IPV6, and + RPC support) disabled by default. Those features can be enabled for people + that need them, but are otherwise disabled to save space. <p> |