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Date: Sun, 4 Apr 1999 18:27:55 -0700 (PDT)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
Subject: Re: Perl NT vs Cygnus build
To: Craig Dawson <cxd AT ziplink DOT net>, cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
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--- Craig Dawson <cxd AT ziplink DOT net> wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
>     I'm curious as to what the advantages are of a Perl
> Cygnus build over a NT build (like ActiveState's or the
> native NT one)?

1) tty support with cygwin Perl via bash.  With any native program to
effectively communicate you must set notty.  This may change a little but not
totally with b21.

2) the cygwin paths are understood by the cygwin Perl where any native program
will not understand the cygwin paths or links.

3) it will behave as if a POSIX style perl.

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