Jim Raden wrote: > It sounds like the Windows kernel retains the awkward design that > comes from forcing a single-user, desktop OS to do the job of Unix. In
I don't think that's a fair statement unless you're talking about Win9x/ME as NT was built from the start to be multiuser/server OS; just because it's used widely on desktops doesn't change that. I don't see this particular example as indicative of an inherent deficiency, it's just that the system was designed around a different set of APIs, such that code that was originally written with the assumptions of POSIX APIs in mind (such as being able to get an inode cheaply from stat) takes a speed/efficiency hit as a result. > Strange. "Reply All" in Gmail refuses to work with the message you posted at > 8:33 p.m. New York time. I had to paste your name in the "To:" field. I know > failing to copy everyone in group posts has been a matter of etiquette in > this > group, and I don't want to be a bad "netizen." :) That's probably because I set the Reply-To: field to the list address as I prefer reples on-list and not CC-d. I know that the custom on the git list is to CC:, but the result of "reply to all" ought to do the right thing in both cases. But I appreciate the thought. Brian
