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From: Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com>
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Subject: Re: Python (was Re: I did not inhale)
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:28:31 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-08-22, Dmitry A. Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote:
> On 2024-08-22 13:00, David Brown wrote:
>
>> Then there are those that - wisely or unwisely - program in C for 
>> Windows, without POSIX.
>
> Yes, that is true. There is no reason to use POSIX under Windows, 
> whatsoever.

David also wrote this, in the same comment:

>> It takes but one single counter-example to invalidate general claims
>> like this.

It applies to your reply as well.

There are excellent, excellent reasons to use POSIX under Windows.

Such as, oh, having an entire POSIX appliation ported to Windows
almost without lifting a finger.

For the TXR project I use a POSIX layer called Cygnal (see signature
below). It gives a decent Windows port which preserves most of the
functionality. All the POSIX stuff in the TXR Lisp standard library just
works. The interactive listener ("REPL") with history and editing just
works, right in your cmd.exe console. 

-- 
TXR Programming Language: http://nongnu.org/txr
Cygnal: Cygwin Native Application Library: http://kylheku.com/cygnal
Mastodon: @Kazinator@mstdn.ca