Re: [3/11] Native MSVC support (msvc-cwrapper)

[Gary V. Vaughan]

[[Decided against adding bug-gnulib to the Cc: list...]]

On Jul 19, 2007, at 7:16 PM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> Since Microsoft Windows is the clear market leader, and the  
> Microsoft .net environment is now an ISO-recognized standard, there  
> is little need for the ANSI or POSIX APIs any more.

I agree.  It's always obvious when an API is designed by committee,  
and the result is always a mess.  IMNSHO we should trash gnulib and  
cygwin, and write the portability layer the other way around so that  
applications can use the Microsoft APIs, and anyone forced to work in  
a POSIX environment can recompile the resulting cleaner POSIX free  
application code through a .net -> posix translation layer.

Cheers,
        Gary
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