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Re: [MiNT] timezone change



> I could well say the same of you.  Knowing everything about
> POSIX doesn't mean you will produce stuff that makes sense the
> real users living in real places.  Nor does it guarantees that
> what you will code will magically work.  You enjoy living inside
> some mainframe in Greenwich and having your brain tick in time_t,
> that's fine by me.  Just don't expect real users to do the same.

You enjoy reinventing standards that has been accepted in the Unix world
for years, fine with everybody else, just don't expect real programmers
to follow your advise.

Read Guido's mail again, I don't think you got much more than 10% of
what he said.