Re: encapsulating directory operations

"Richard Heathfield" <rjh@cpax.org.uk> wrote in message
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On 20/05/2025 14:55, Kaz Kylheku wrote:

On 2025-05-20, Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> wrote:

On 20/05/2025 10:18, Keith Thompson wrote:

C90 will never be extended.

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And for that reason it will always be valuable. Stability has a
value all its own.

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Windows Vista will never be extended either.

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Certainly the version on one of my ancient laptops never will be.
Indeed, I deprive it of an Internet connection for precisely that
reason. Vista is what it is, and has no business changing. If I
want to change the OS I'll buy a bloody CD-ROM.

My main development machine/environment is Windows 2000
which I run under Virtualbox currently (under Windows 10
currently, but previously Linux), but did at one point run
on a Pinebook Pro (ARM64).

Windows 2000 was the last version to not require "activation".

It also runs OS/2 1.0 programs.

I don't deny it access to the internet - and in fact, this message
is coming to you directly from the Windows 2000 system
running Outlook Express.

I can't connect to many sites though. But that in itself is a
warning to not rely on the internet as you know it being
perpetual. Enron suddenly collapsed without warning too.

BFN. Paul.