> From: Andrew DeFaria > > Mark J. Reed wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 4:42 AM, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: > >> Me too, and like you and the OP report, it "just works" > 99.44% of the > >> time. Of course, since it's not the 21st century yet, many Unixoid > >> programs are still unable to handle text files properly, hence the > >> remaining 0.66%. > > 100 - 99.44 = 0.66? You're right - it's clearly not the > 21st century > > yet, since you seem to be using one of the original > > floating-point-bugged Pentium chips. ;-) > Touche! Loved it! > > BTW, it's the 21st century over here. Please try to catch up...
Another one who believes what their calendar tells them? Then riddle me this Andrew: If this were in fact the 21st century (AKA "The Future"), why would we be be discussing software which is able to understand one text file format, but not a second ever-so-slightly different text file format? Now, if y'all shall excuse me, I have to go pick up my brand new nuclear turbine-powered flying car. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- 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/