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From: David Bolen <db3l AT fitlinxx DOT com>
To: "'cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'" <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Subject: RE: How is textmode/binmode determined in Cygwin 1.1.0 net releas
	 e for pipes?
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 00:54:50 -0400
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This'll be my only follow-up on this theme, but I hope I wasn't
misunderstood - my original request was to help identify behavior I saw.
Asking a population that includes experts in the system if someone can
identify an issue is not asking someone else to do something for me - it's
attempting to mine a collective mindset and intelligencia.  In this case
"anyone else has done it first" includes having already run into and dealt
with a similar issue.

And BTW, in the event that no-one had responded, after some reasonable
period of time I would have to conclude that such information was not
available from the community I had asked, and would have went on to other
avenues (which I probably would have used in parallel anyway).

Ah well, it sure seemed like a simple request - sorry if anyone took it the
wrong way.

-- David

-----Original Message-----
From: simon DOT p DOT cozens AT jp DOT pwcglobal DOT com
[mailto:simon DOT p DOT cozens AT jp DOT pwcglobal DOT com]
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 12:43 AM
To: 'cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'
Subject: RE: How is textmode/binmode determined in Cygwin 1.1.0 net
releas e for pipes?


David Bolen wrote:
>In terms of your observation, I should point out that the best way to
handle
>things is to find a reference (someone or something) that already has the
>answer, and thus minimize the amount of work you have to do - laziness
being
>one of a developer's hallmarks.

You misunderstand the nature of the developer's laziness.
Laziness is about minimizing the time you have to spend, before - and
hopefully instead of - wasting other people's.

Bad laziness says "I'll get someone else to do this for me."
Good laziness says "I'll see if anyone else has done it first."

By your definition of laziness, nobody would have bothered responding
to your mail.

Simon
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