[Info-vax] RMS intro

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

On Tue, 2 Jan 2024 19:25:02 +0000, Andy Burns wrote:

> I've read that the posix subsystem did the absolute bare minimum to pass
> tests, without being in any way in any way useful, just so that WinNT
> could tick the "posix" box and be allowed into govt contracts.

The true horror of it has to be seen to be believed
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOeku3hDzrM>.

> I think I did more with MKS Toolkit and Cygwin than WSL.

Interestingly, Cygwin seems to do a better job in some ways than Windows 
can manage natively, like get select(2)/poll(2) to work with pipes. Maybe 
that was the sort of thing that sank WSL1?