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From: dahms AT ifk20 DOT mach DOT uni-karlsruhe DOT de
Subject: Re: Feedback needed on proposed cygwin feature
3 Dec 1997 02:06:00 -0800 :
Message-ID: <009BE319.3FA64320.29436.cygnus.gnu-win32@ifk20.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de>
To: fjh AT cs DOT mu DOT OZ DOT AU
Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com, dahms AT ifk20 DOT mach DOT uni-karlsruhe DOT de

Hi Fergus, you wrote:

: I don't see any good reason to hard-code the `32'.
: 
: Using `CYGWIN32' won't look very good on say the 64-bit NT Alpha port.

MS should have made the jump to >32bit at NT4, at a time several other
unices already were 64bit, and provide a real useful POSIX before forcing
all of us to NT, saving all this hassle!


Bye, Heribert (dahms AT ifk20 DOT mach DOT uni-karlsruhe DOT de)
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