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From:	"Gary R. Van Sickle" <g DOT r DOT vansickle AT worldnet DOT att DOT net>
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Subject:	RE: another manifestation of the .. bug
Date:	Thu, 27 Oct 2005 11:25:07 -0500
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> 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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