From: "Dave Korn" <dave.korn@artimi.com>
To: "'holey floating hippos batman!'" <cygwin-talk@cygwin.com>
Subject: RE: Test: zip-2.31 and unzip-5.52
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 14:33:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <003801c6743e$bbbe40c0$a501a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.63.0605101021470.8628@access1.cims.nyu.edu>
On 10 May 2006 15:24, Igor Peshansky wrote:
> On Wed, 10 May 2006, Dave Korn wrote:
>
>> On 10 May 2006 03:44, Charles Wilson wrote:
>>
>>> Notwithstanding the 'use posix instead of windows' ethos, we ARE,
>>> undeniably, running on windows. That's special.
>>
>> What, "special" as in "winning-an-argument-on-the-internet" special? ;)
>>
>>> Why does cygwin require patches, indeed...
>>
>> To patch up the holes where it burst open when a hippo sat on it?
>
> As long as we're afloat in the water and don't have to protect the
> internals from outside pressure, many people won't mind the holes...
Isn't there a bit of a contradiction there? "Afloat in the water" but with
holes is more commonly referred to as "sinking", isn't it?
And even if we weren't in the water at all, it's still worth patching holes.
It keeps the magic smoke in.
cheers,
DaveK
--
Can't think of a witty .sigline today....
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Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2006-05-10 11:56 ` Dave Korn
2006-05-10 14:24 ` Igor Peshansky
2006-05-10 14:33 ` Dave Korn [this message]
2006-05-10 14:57 ` Igor Peshansky
2006-05-10 17:56 ` Bobby McNulty
2006-05-10 18:17 ` One Angry User
2006-05-10 18:50 ` Bobby McNulty
2006-05-10 23:56 ` Gary R. Van Sickle
2006-05-11 0:32 ` One Angry User
2006-05-11 4:46 ` Gary R. Van Sickle
2006-05-11 9:11 ` Dave Korn
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