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From: James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu>
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Subject: Re: encapsulating directory operations
Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 19:29:41 -0400
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On 5/22/25 22:08, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
> On 2025-05-23, James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:
>> On 5/22/25 19:15, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
>> ...
>>> POSIX is fairly decently supported on Windows by Cygwin.
>>
>> Ignoring for the moment the different between "fairly decently" and
>> "fully, Does everyone who uses Windows do so, 100% of the time, through
>> Cygwin? I believe not - so POSIX is not in universal use.
....
> No computer speaks POSIX natively; something must be installed.

Yes, and POSIX could not be properly referred to as "Universal" unless
it was universally installed - which it isn't. I can't believe that this
point is being debated.