On Nov 28 09:55, Sam Steingold wrote: > > * Corinna Vinschen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-11-28 12:51:09 +0100]: > > > > Many mmap tests make such invalid assumptions about the memory. > > This is not just "tests" and the assumptions are not necessarily > "invalid". The appended test fails on cygwin but passes on just about > every unix (linux, *bsd &c). > This means that the cygwin version of CLISP lacks generational GC (while > the win32 native version as well as linux, *bsd, solaris &c have it!) > which is a major feature for memory-intensive computations.
No wonder, it's still based on crappy tests. The attached configure script is a good example of making bold assumptions which match a couple of systems but the programmer didn't bother to verify the correctness of the code. Note: If the code works on most major Unixy systems, it isn't necessarily correct. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/