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Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 16:14:22 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
Cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: LFN woes (again)
In-Reply-To: <199608131255.IAA07245@delorie.com>
Message-Id: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960813161252.28748f-100000@is>
Mime-Version: 1.0

On Tue, 13 Aug 1996, DJ Delorie wrote:

> Configuration options for these functions should (if at all) be
> controlled by the user, not the program (i.e. environment variable vs
> compile-time option) except for cases where the software won't work
> the other way.  This, of course, only applies when it makes sense for
> the user to choose which broken compatibility mode they want.

I think this is what I said (in much more words, as usual ;-).  Did you 
see anything in my suggestions that contradicts the above?

> I hate Microsoft.

I second this.

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