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From: Totte Karlsson <TKarlsson AT qm DOT com>
To: "'Larry Hall '" <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>, Totte Karlsson <TKarlsson AT qm DOT com>,
   "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com '" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: python and cygwin
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 09:48:26 -0800
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Thanks,
I appreciate your reply very much! I needed to hear something like that in
order to "stop", unfortunately..
/totte 


-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Hall
To: Totte Karlsson; cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Sent: 2/20/2004 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: python and cygwin

At 08:45 PM 2/20/2004, Totte Karlsson you wrote:
>I guess the problem is, as I see it, if cygwin was the "perfect" unix
tool
>running under windows, it would integrate with existing windows tools.
It
>does that to some extent, but not fully and that is the problem. If I
want a
>pure unix environment, on the other hand, then I would use the real
stuff,
>such as Linux or qnx on which I do most of my work... but nothing is
perfect
>as we know..


OK, sounds like you're quite new to Cygwin and haven't really figured
out
what it is and how it would work for you.  It isn't Linux.  It isn't
MKS.
It isn't SFU.  It isn't just a bunch of GNU tools ported to Windows.
And
it certainly isn't Windows!  Anyway, your argument above has been made 
before and hashed out on this list.  If you're interested in feedback on
this point, I suggest you consult the email archive.  If you just want
to 
learn what Cygwin is and how to best use it, read through the User's
Guide and the FAQ.  That should give you a pretty good idea of where 
Cygwin fits.  You can then determine whether Cygwin is what you're
looking
for or if you would prefer one of the myriad of possibilities I
mentioned
above (or something else).  But please don't drag us down a path that 
folks on this list have seen too many times before.  We don't expect you
to know that this topic has been covered.  We just ask that you do your
part and research the past before broaching a subject like this in the 
present once it is pointed out that there's history to all this.

HTH,


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