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On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 12:43:17AM +0200, Al wrote:
>On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 05:48:07PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>>scripts to control compilation. To compile somethng is a typical use
>>>of cygwin.
>>
>> No, it really isn't.
>
>I quote wikipedia:
>
>Cygwin is used heavily for porting many popular pieces of software to
>the Windows platform. It is used to compile Sun Java, OpenOffice.org,
>and even server software, like lighttpd.
>
>If that isn't valid any more, it's time to update the article.

Maybe this will help:

http://cygwin.com/dontbelieveeverythingyoureadonrandomsitesaboutcygwin.html

cgf

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