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From: Muttley@dastardlyhq.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer
Subject: Re: OT: Windows (Was: Re: Open Source does not mean easily re-compile-able)
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2025 11:40:18 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sat, 04 Jan 2025 08:31:05 -0300
Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> gabbled:
>Muttley@dastardlyhq.com writes:
>> and include paths which were buried 2 or 3 levels down in some sub menu not
>> to mention all the "project" BS which forced a certain structure on to your
>> code filesystem layout which I didn't particularly want. Also the fact that
>> console and GUI apps require a totally different project setup and boiler
>plate 
>> code from the start is just mind boggling.
>
>They always try to make things pretty and easy to use, but you end up
>with that.  I think the only way to tolerate that is to be born and
>raised in such thing.  Modularization is likely the most important thing
>in programming and it's hard to minimally praise Microsoft on
>modularization.  For instance, is there any Windows software that
>handles a TCP connection in an accept-fork-exec fashion?

Win32 can't do fork so thats a no. Also IIRC sockets in windows arn't a 
simple file descriptor and can't be multiplexed, at least not with normal
file descriptors so select() and poll() are essentially useless so IIRC you
have to spawn a thread or use windows message or some such overcomplicated
nonsense to wait on them. Hopeless.