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RE: another manifestation of the .. bug
- From: "Gary R. Van Sickle" <g dot r dot vansickle at worldnet dot att dot net>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 11:25:07 -0500
- Subject: RE: another manifestation of the .. bug
> From: Corinna Vinschen
[snip Cygwin non-POSIXness, which unless I'm delirious used to be a big deal
to the Cygwin PTB]
> My point is that I'm happy to make Cygwin mostly POSIX
> compatible, but that implementing all crude border cases
> sometimes has more negative impact in other areas (one of
> them: speed), than it does help to make Cygwin useful (I hear
> cgf falling from his chair and rolling on the floor laughing
> in the background).
>
That's why I like the way the OP (?) was going to go about it: add it, test
it, and see what the actual impact on performance is.
--
Gary R. Van Sickle
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