29 Dec
2011
29 Dec
'11
7:20 a.m.
Every time I hear "oh, I don't think Windows can handle that", I sigh with resignation.
Sorry to say, but it seems you yourself are unaware of the "extensive and highly flexible" locking facilities on Linux :) The defaults on Linux are advisory locking, not mandatory, but claiming Linux doesn't support locking is plain wrong.
I would suggest that advisory locking isn't particularly useful. I gather that Linux does now support real locking though. (And file update notifications, and ACLs, and lots of other things that Windows has had for far longer.) Either way, I have no interest in starting a Windows vs Linux flamewar. I'm just saying it would be nice if Haskell could support more of what these two OSes have to offer.