I don't really understand what the point (b) is about. Even if we assume, that portability in and of itself isn't a good thing (which, I think, it is), as far a

I don't really understand what the point (b) is about. Even if we assume, that portability in and of itself isn't a good thing (which, I think, it is), as far as I know, OpenBSD is very popular in routers and other network-related devices, where “obscure archaic” architectures are not as obscure and archaic.