This mailing list is for all the Off Topic messages from all of the other Windows-centric technical mailing lists I belong to, i.e. ATL, DCOM, DOTNET and GENX. These messages are typically marked [OT], [OOT], [VERY OT], or whatever. Sometimes this seems like most of the content on these lists, and often the most interesting, but since it's "off topic", folks are often flamed for their posts. Since I found this unfair, I thought I'd start a list for just these kinds of posts.
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I'm mostly just kicking myself - it's an irritant due to (possibly mis-) prioritization of resources on my part. It's hard for me to complain too much - I knew
Warning: Way OT, kinda. Also, very tepid rant. Sigh. I knew I shouldn't have tried to wait until after Christmas, but I really didn't think that MS would yank
The problem with nmake iirc was that it required tabs in some cases and spaces in others. Horrific -- unless you had an editor which could display a visually
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