Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 19:54:01 +0300
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Laurynas Biveinis <lauras AT softhome DOT net>
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	Biveinis on Wed, 26 Jun 2002 17:41:08 +0100)
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> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 17:41:08 +0100
> From: Laurynas Biveinis <lauras AT softhome DOT net>
> 
> No interoperability, and that's a feature, not a bug or misdesign.
> Initially I wanted to use Cygwin symlinks, but Eli convinced me not to
> use them - most notably, they use hidden file attribute to mark
> symlinks, which is a big FAQ generator, as I was told.

IIRC, the initial design was compatible with Cygwin, but Cygwin
changed their link file format before Laurynas finished the coding.