Unix Programming - Re: Xah Lee's Unixism

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Re: Xah Lee's Unixism

John W. Kennedy

2004-09-02, 6:51 pm

Andre Majorel wrote:
> On 2004-08-31, Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@SystematicSW.Invalid> wrote:
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> Wasn't it in version 2 that they added directories and
> Unix-style file handles ?

Yes, and also a single-process pipe emulator. Ever since 2.0, MS has
been trying to turn MS-DOS (later, Windows) into a Unix clone.

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John W. Kennedy
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