Re: Python (was Re: I did not inhale)

On Mon, 19 Aug 2024 09:37:39 +0200, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:

On 2024-08-19 01:14, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
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Both OSes contributed to the Dark Ages of computing. The reasons are not
technical, because both were worst on the market.

To paraphrase Winston Churchill: “Unix is the worst OS in the world ...
apart from all the others.”

Windows does not use lock files.

*nix systems don’t need them either.

The reason why Windows NT could no compete Linux on servers is
unbearable maintenance and being fat. Linux had a monolithic kernel. I
compiled it for each machine to include only drivers I needed. I did not
install X11 stuff. The result was twice leaner than Windows NT.

You don’t think the design of Windows NT contributed to that failure?

On the other hand you still cannot have decent gaming under Linux.

Actually, you can. Look at the Steam Deck, which runs a purpose-built GUI
for handheld gaming. Microsoft has been talking about bringing out a
Windows “Handheld Mode” for about two years now, but still has nothing to
ship.

On Sun, 18 Aug 2024 10:10:09 +0200, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
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Windows has a pipe object named and anonymous. No problem.

 
One problem: you can’t use them with poll/select calls.

 
You can. See overlapped I/O.

I said “poll/select calls”. Do you not know what those are? On Windows,
they work with sockets, but not with pipes. Or even ordinary files. So
unlike *nix systems, you have to keep in mind the different kinds of files
you might be working with.

And single drive letters?

 
They are dozens characters long actually, if you mean the device names.

Drive names are only single letters. You’re not talking about reserved
file names, are you?