From: Luis Lavena <luislavena@...>
Date: 2011-01-31T10:31:51+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:35011] Re: file_expand_path performing unneeded IO operations on native Windows

On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 10:27 PM, U.Nakamura <usa@garbagecollect.jp> wrote:
>
> GetLongPathName() does not exist on Win95 and NT4.0.
> It's the reason why we don't use it.
>
> But, I'm asking myself whether we really should take care of such
> old platforms or not...
>

Thank you, I just sent another email to the list [ruby-core:35010] asking this.

RubyInstaller provides support for users running 2K and newer. We
encountered issues with IPv6 but nothing else.

win9x has not been requested or seen for quite some time.

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Luis Lavena
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Perfection in design is achieved not when there is nothing more to add,
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