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Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 07:59:42 -0800
From: Tim Prince <tprince AT computer DOT org>
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To: Robert Collins <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
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Robert Collins wrote:

> 
>>given with Cygwin run the same 'on cygwin' as they do on any
>>
> Uni* -like
> 
>>platform (and therefore general documentation 'out there' will apply
>>
> too),
> 
>>From experience on this list, I can assert that this is an unsafe
> assumption. Many many many questions are asked that are solveable by
> simple examination of existing documentation - like the recent lex->flex
> question (while I didn't know that answer, that's gotta be a flex FAQ!).
>

Well, I'm sorry about asking, but I'd been looking for the key to that 
for 2 years, and only recently has cygwin come up to speed to be able to 
build and run my application.  With the help of the latest incarnation 
of 'info flex' and recent improvements in vim syntax coloring, I did 
find both the latent bugs and the features which aren't supported 
exactly the same by lex and flex.  If there were a flex FAQ or a flex 
mailing list, would it not show up on gcc.gnu.org or a newsgroup or 
google search?

 
> 
>>BAL [By And Large] clearly DON'T want anymore to answer questions like
>>"what does man do" or "how do I login to bash").
>>
> 
> Good point.
>

But another one where there are minor gotchas for people who have 20 
years experience on Unix with shells which pre-date free software.
And, without experience specific to Cygwin, no one knows exactly which 
variations on the standard behavior of free software will apply on 
Cygwin.  For example, has anyone documented the ways in which cygwin 
differs from linux in application of code and data alignments?  Does 
anyone think the newlib mailing list is a helpful place?

 


-- 
Tim Prince
tprince AT computer DOT org



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