On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 7:01 PM, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 1. I think I can see the VMS heritage of Windows shining through.
That's not surprising considering that VMS and NT have the same architect -- Dave Cutler -- and that I/O system and file systems were design by former DEC programmers that he brought with him, such as Darryl Havens and Gary Kimura. The old joke is that WNT = VMS + 1. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list