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RE: PING Jan Nieuwenhuizen re libguile17


Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote on 26 March 2008 15:20:

> Dave Korn writes:
> 
> >   /usr/bin/gcc, i.e. the latest release in the distro.
> 
> Ah, I meant source-wise, I do not run Cygwin.

  It comes in a source distribution as well, same as all cygwin packages.

> > > Unpacking Cygwin's gcc/g++
> > > source archive in a python script is a bit of a pain (that's an
> > > understatement :-).
> > 
> >   I don't understand why that would be necessary?
> 
> Releases are not so often that it is annoying, I manually
> repacked them.
> But still.  When working with computers, people find it handy to
> automate repetitive tasks

  Is this meant to be as offensively patronising as it came out?  It reads
like it was aimed at a two-year old child.  If I want the Janet and John
guide to computer fundamentals, I'll ask for it.

    cheers,
      DaveK
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