Re: PATCH: CygWin port enhancement

On Wed, Aug 15, 2001, Robert Collins wrote:
> On 14 Aug 2001 23:07:24 +0200, Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
>
> > CygWin enables users who must or prefer to run Microsoft OS:es to run Squid which
> > is great. The more people that can make use of Squid the better. This is not to
> > say that CygWin is the best platform to run Squid, but it isn't the worst either.
>
> Out of curiosity, what is the worst? OS/2?

Heh. Something like Ultrix might be a little hard to support.

Windows is a nice platform, and squid will perform *wonderfully* with
the rewrites that are going ahead. Once the network, memory and disk
IO code are made saner, we'll be able to use the Win32 async disk/network
calls.

> > Guido is doing a great job in porting Squid to the Windows platform. Please keep
> > up the good work.
>
> Absolutely! Guido is tackling a harder task than Cygwin - a non-cygwin
> port (which will get the fastest performance results)

Exactly.

Adrian

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