Mail Archives: cygwin/1997/04/26/09:57:25
Dear programmer fellows from Cygnus and gnu-win32
Words can't tell how good is to be part of this list, where
gnu-win32, a very interesting thing, is being discussed and
built.
I use Unix and Windows 95. The flexibility, power and
portability of the Unix utilities is charming and it would be
very good to have them also in Windows 95 and NT.
It would be very interesting to try some Unix tricks in
gnu-win32 bash and other utilities, and to write down a bug list.
It would be fun to try to fix some bugs and even to develop or
port missing utilities, like more, less, df and even
man.
However, yesterday everyone could read a notice by Cygnus people
encharged of gnu-win32: beta 18 is coming soon.
First, we all must thank them for the good news and their very good
work: beta 17.1 was released not much time ago. In the end of 96,
I guess.
Second, it is a good idea to ask Cygnus people a feature list of beta
18, as well as its previewed deliver. Othe questions that come to
mind are:
- Which bugs were fixed?
- Was any other utility officially ported? Are utilities like
split and cat smarter concerning the use of binary files?
Best regards to you all,
++H. Fernandes
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H. Fernandes programmer, instructor of C++ and object-oriented design
email: hfernandes AT geocities DOT com
www: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/5567
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