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RE: igncr vs text mode mounts, performance vs compatibility
- From: "Gary R. Van Sickle" <g dot r dot vansickle at worldnet dot att dot net>
- To: "'The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List'" <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:55:38 -0500
- Subject: RE: igncr vs text mode mounts, performance vs compatibility
- Reply-to: The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
> From: Brian Dessent
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 11:35 AM
> Subject: Re: igncr vs text mode mounts, performance vs compatibility
>
> Christopher Faylor wrote:
>
> > I think I'm going to start a counter.
>
> I hope you're using 64 bit quadwords for those. Overflow, and all.
>
> Brian
64 bits, what do you think this is, the 21st century?!? Nonono, since these
numbers will most certainly have to be transcribed on a teleprinter as
single characters, 5 bits is the absolute limit. And no, no FIGS!
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Gary R. Van Sickle