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Date:	Wed, 19 Apr 2000 10:21:56 -0400
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From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To:	paul-ml AT is DOT lg DOT ua
CC:	cbjones AT nortelnetworks DOT com, cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
In-reply-to:	<7703.000419@is.lg.ua> (message from Paul Sokolovsky on Wed, 19
	Apr 2000 16:53:38 +0300)
Subject:	Re: Cygwin 1.1.0 gdb troubles
References:	<C9A8E1D07093D111B76A0000F8C9918A03332F3D AT zrtpd003 DOT us DOT nortel DOT com> <7703 DOT 000419 AT is DOT lg DOT ua>

> Almost any POSIX feature maps one-to-one to win32 one and difference
> is only in some idiosyncratic details.

This is an understatement.  For every feature that maps one-to-one, it
seems like there are a dozen idiosyncratic details that make it
difficult to meet the POSIX requirements.  A large portion of Cygwin
is devoted to these details.

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