[Simh] Simh on Windows - long startup delays and long shutdowndelays

Toby Thain toby at smartgames.ca
Mon Dec 17 07:03:50 EST 2007


On 17-Dec-07, at 5:27 AM, Gregg Levine wrote:

> On Dec 17, 2007 1:43 AM, Eric Schmucker
> <Eric.Schmucker at verizonbusiness.com> wrote:
>> I just don't accept the argument that MS employees are sitting around
>> thinking of ways to lock programmers into their OS and tools. I  
>> don't want
>> to start an argument about this

No need: Courts have repeatedly found this to be the case.

>> since it's very off-topic and I don't feel
>> that strongly about it. ...
>>
>> The fact that Simh runs on so many systems is quite a feat and I  
>> respect and
>> praise all the developers who make it possible. But I don't envy  
>> them trying
>> to use the C RTL calls whenever possible to make it portable.

Win32 is hardly a step towards portability.

--Toby

>>
>> Eric
>>



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