On 2009-04-02, Tim Roberts <t...@probo.com> wrote: > Grant Edwards <inva...@invalid> wrote: > >>On 2009-03-31, Dave Angel <da...@ieee.org> wrote: >> >>> They were added in NTFS, in the Windows 2000 timeframe, to my >>> recollection. >> >>NTFS was added in NT 3.1 (which predates Win2K by 7-8 years). > > Although that's true, you didn't read his sentence.
I read it, but interpreted it differently. To me that phrase "X was added in NTFS" means X was added when NTFS was added. > Sparse file support was not added to NTFS until Windows 2000, > exactly as he said. Now that you've explained what was meant, I would have written it "They were added to NTFS in the Windows 2000 timeframe." -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Well, O.K. at I'll compromise with my visi.com principles because of EXISTENTIAL DESPAIR! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list