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    Quote Originally Posted by laserlight View Post
    Neither Bazaar nor Mercurial are quite ready for Windows either, though Bazaar comes closest of the three, but is also still the slowest of the three.
    Probably because of its python codebase.

    It's an unfortunate characteristic of windows this apparent lack of initiative regarding SCM. Everything that mattered (at least to my knowledge) was ported from Linux. However both CVS and SVN are widely used now; despite torvalds criticism I find SVN almost everywhere I look.

    Baazar would indeed be a great addition to windows. It's philosophy of providing compatibility with other SCMs may still prove to be its biggest asset in both the Linux and Windows world.
    Originally Posted by brewbuck:
    Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.

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    Quote Originally Posted by laserlight View Post
    Just don't use ReiserFS and you're safe

    But one MUST!

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    Quote Originally Posted by indigo0086 View Post
    Hans Reiser used Linux...

    Think about it.
    Can you at least wait until the man is convicted?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elysia View Post
    I think the last quote refers to that to that Linux isn't as compatible as Windows and it's usually more difficult to get things done, such as installing and using on Linux than on Windows.
    Last time I checked windows runs on 2 CPU architectures (32 and 64 bit variants of the same arch actually) and linux runs on over 40. Compatability is in the eye of the beholder.

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    Compability with programs, hardware, drivers, etc. Windows runs 'em all, but Linux is sometimes left in a pinch.
    Quote Originally Posted by Adak View Post
    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.

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    "Compatibility with programs" is left for the programmers to decide. It's not a trait of the operating system. In fact, it has been the Open Source project and similar movements born out of *nix die hards that allowed the widespread of porting philosophies that Microsoft always shunned.

    As for drivers, I concede there. However, you'll have an hard time finding one that isn't developed yet these days and won't be available within the month.
    Originally Posted by brewbuck:
    Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.

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    Compatability with X number of architectures is irrelevant to most users. Compatability with my existing software is what is important.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elysia View Post
    Compability with programs, hardware, drivers, etc. Windows runs 'em all, but Linux is sometimes left in a pinch.
    Programs are OS dependent (or if written in an OS independent language, linux has no problem with them). Drivers are written for specific hardware, and my last posts illustrates that linux is compatible with an order of magnitude more CPU archs than windows, and thus is compatable with all of the drivers for those hardware architectures.

    As I said before, it really depends on the point of view, if you want to count every keyboard and webcam that windows is compatible with, you might get a big number. But if you look at the big picture, linux can run in many more places with many more hardware devices than windows.

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    Is this thread going anywhere the last one didn't?
    All the buzzt!
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    Quote Originally Posted by CornedBee View Post
    Is this thread going anywhere the last one didn't?
    My magic 8 ball says - Doubtful...

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    Hey, I didn't write the signature, I was merely reporting what I perceived it as.
    Quote Originally Posted by Adak View Post
    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CornedBee View Post
    Is this thread going anywhere the last one didn't?
    Does it need to? Or you have something to say that will make it go somewhere?
    Originally Posted by brewbuck:
    Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elysia View Post
    Hey, I didn't write the signature, I was merely reporting what I perceived it as.
    Which signature woudl that be?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Adak View Post
    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.

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    Last time I checked windows runs on 2 CPU architectures
    You should recheck...
    It is Pro version that is limited to 2 cores...
    Data Center is able to work on 64 Core system
    All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection,
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