Darren New wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Now go find a Linux binary application that runs on Windows without 
>> something like Cygwin.
> 
> Most of the utilities are ported to native Windows. The appropriate 
> google term is to tack "win32" onto whatever you're searching for:
> gunzip win32
> diff win32
> ... and so on.
> 
> Just in case you ever go looking.

The fun thing is, usually there are several versions to choose from. 
Some of them require a Cygwin DLL, some of them don't. Some of them 
understand Windows pathnames. Some of them don't. Some have been simply 
recompiled, some have been extensively modified. And so on.

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