Fwd: Fwd: java -version different on Win vs Cygwin

2012-03-22 Thread Pete Brunet
Should the 64 bit Win installer also install the 32 bit program? If not it would be good to put a warning on download page. Original Message Subject:Fwd: java -version different on Win vs Cygwin Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:49:43 -0500 From: Pete Brunet Reply-To

Re: Fwd: java -version different on Win vs Cygwin

2012-03-22 Thread Fredrik Öhrström
Interesting. Could it be the 64 bit windows file system virtualization that slow down cygwin so much on 64-bit windows? Are other 32 bit applications as slow? //Fredrik - peter.bru...@oracle.com skrev: > I think I found the answer here: > http://www.curlybrace.com/words/2010/12/17/con

Fwd: java -version different on Win vs Cygwin

2012-03-22 Thread Pete Brunet
I think I found the answer here: http://www.curlybrace.com/words/2010/12/17/console-and-cygwin-dont-show-all-files-on-64-bit-windows/ Quote: This is because Cygwin bash and Console are 32-bit applications, and I'm running 64-bit Windows. With filesystem virtualization on Windows, when a 32-bit pro