Writing a portable OS is not much harder than a nonportable one, and all systems should be written with portability in mind these days. (Andrew S. Tanenbaum)

Writing a portable OS is not much harder than a nonportable one, and all systems should be written with portability in mind these days.

Andrew S. Tanenbaum

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