[MPlayer-dev-eng] #ifdef considered harmful

[Rich Felker]

On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 11:51:09PM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 06:47:00PM -0500, Compn wrote:
> > On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 23:11:52 +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > 
> > >I came across this excellent paper from 15 years ago:
> > >
> > >#ifdef Considered Harmful, or Portability Experience With C News
> > >http://doc.cat-v.org/henry_spencer/ifdef_considered_harmful
> > >
> > >It's a nice short read and emphasizes the experiences we have had
> > >around here.  It also comes to very similar conclusions, which is quite
> > >gratifying.
> > 
> > i have to say it...
> > 
> > pdf considered harmful too :(
> 
> WTH?

I think the point is that whenever possible, content on the web should
be made directly available in html form, as opposed to tucked away in
a pdf file. That's not to say that it's wrong to also deliver pdf
versions, but requiring a pdf viewer to read plain text is pretty
lame.

Rich