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RE: PING Jan Nieuwenhuizen re libguile17
Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote on 26 March 2008 15:20:
> Dave Korn writes:
>
> > /usr/bin/gcc, i.e. the latest release in the distro.
>
> Ah, I meant source-wise, I do not run Cygwin.
It comes in a source distribution as well, same as all cygwin packages.
> > > Unpacking Cygwin's gcc/g++
> > > source archive in a python script is a bit of a pain (that's an
> > > understatement :-).
> >
> > I don't understand why that would be necessary?
>
> Releases are not so often that it is annoying, I manually
> repacked them.
> But still. When working with computers, people find it handy to
> automate repetitive tasks
Is this meant to be as offensively patronising as it came out? It reads
like it was aimed at a two-year old child. If I want the Janet and John
guide to computer fundamentals, I'll ask for it.
cheers,
DaveK
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