From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13505 invoked by alias); 21 Feb 2004 02:59:43 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 13498 invoked from network); 21 Feb 2004 02:59:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ns2.prospeed.net) (12.46.111.140) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 21 Feb 2004 02:59:43 -0000 Received: from enterprise-e.cygwin.com ([12.46.110.44]) by ns2.prospeed.net (8.12.10/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i1L32sHI018349; Fri, 20 Feb 2004 22:02:55 -0500 Reply-To: Cygwin List Message-Id: <6.0.1.1.0.20040220214838.039b3ce0@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 03:10:00 -0000 To: "Totte Karlsson" , cygwin@cygwin.com From: Larry Hall Subject: Re: python and cygwin In-Reply-To: References: <40369000.3B3EE444@dessent.net> <1amf6c54ignfm.dlg@thorstenkampe.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-SW-Source: 2004-02/txt/msg01145.txt.bz2 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, -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/