Hi,
the serious misunderstanding is that something being
standard conformant doesn't mean it is much usable.
Prime example is original MS Posix subsystem:
Just enough fulfilling the requirements for selling to
US government, but not usable for writing anything more
complex than cat, or else whole cygwin wouldn't exist!
Bye, Heribert ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wu Yongwei [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 03:46
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: cygwin1.dll bug in ftime
>
[Heribert] [snip]
> There is a SERIOUS misunderstanding about standards conformance here. An
> unusable timezone is a violation, but well-behaved ftime and gettimeofday
> are NOT.
>
[Heribert] [snip]
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