RE: offtopic helmet polishing (was Re: rm fails to remove symbolic links to directories)

["Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>]

----Original Message----
>From: Christopher Faylor
>Sent: 13 April 2005 20:18

> On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 02:48:40PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>> On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> 
>>> On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 02:38:47PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>>>> Properly off-topic'ed.
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, Dave Korn wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>>> From: beau
>>>>>> Sent: 13 April 2005 18:28
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Without a doubt or a reservation, this cygwin list is the most
>>>>>> responsive, helpful resource I have ever had the pleasure to rely on.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Wow! http://cygwin.com/acronyms#WJN !
>>>> 
>>>> Gettin' chilly down there, eh?  ];->
>>> 
>>> So, which is it?  responsive and helpful or the most mean-spirited
>>> mailing list since the dawn of Godwin?
>> 
>> You're the RCM (1st meaning ;-) ) -- it's your call...  Unless you're
>> planning to put this to a vote?
> 
> But, by the second meaning, whatever call I make would be flawed. :-)
> 
> I think it really is both.  If you are expecting a direct line to a
> developer who will decode your gdb backtraces for you, it could be a
> mean place.  If you are expecting someone to explain why there is a
> /usr/bin and a /bin, then it could be a helpful place.
> 
> cgf


  Then again, sometimes it's the other way round!


    cheers,
      DaveK
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