← Back to context Comment by farlight 4 days ago On Windows you do. If you have to suffer it for some reason. 5 comments farlight Reply arcfour 4 days ago Ah, right. Windows...Does that apply to WSL? I would assume everyone develops on WSL these days if they have to use Windows, at least... d5lt5 4 days ago There is a very valid reason on Windows not to allow people to do 'ln -s' without an admin.WSL also has a huge perf hit when you cross FS boundary, but perhaps you have never experienced it, because you said, "Ah, right. Windows..."But at least you've heard about WSL! arcfour 4 days ago Yes, I prefer to use functional operating systems, or at least ones I can fix myself, without incurring a "huge performance hit" by wrapping them in spyware disguised as an OS ;-) 2 replies →
arcfour 4 days ago Ah, right. Windows...Does that apply to WSL? I would assume everyone develops on WSL these days if they have to use Windows, at least... d5lt5 4 days ago There is a very valid reason on Windows not to allow people to do 'ln -s' without an admin.WSL also has a huge perf hit when you cross FS boundary, but perhaps you have never experienced it, because you said, "Ah, right. Windows..."But at least you've heard about WSL! arcfour 4 days ago Yes, I prefer to use functional operating systems, or at least ones I can fix myself, without incurring a "huge performance hit" by wrapping them in spyware disguised as an OS ;-) 2 replies →
d5lt5 4 days ago There is a very valid reason on Windows not to allow people to do 'ln -s' without an admin.WSL also has a huge perf hit when you cross FS boundary, but perhaps you have never experienced it, because you said, "Ah, right. Windows..."But at least you've heard about WSL! arcfour 4 days ago Yes, I prefer to use functional operating systems, or at least ones I can fix myself, without incurring a "huge performance hit" by wrapping them in spyware disguised as an OS ;-) 2 replies →
arcfour 4 days ago Yes, I prefer to use functional operating systems, or at least ones I can fix myself, without incurring a "huge performance hit" by wrapping them in spyware disguised as an OS ;-) 2 replies →
Ah, right. Windows...
Does that apply to WSL? I would assume everyone develops on WSL these days if they have to use Windows, at least...
There is a very valid reason on Windows not to allow people to do 'ln -s' without an admin.
WSL also has a huge perf hit when you cross FS boundary, but perhaps you have never experienced it, because you said, "Ah, right. Windows..."
But at least you've heard about WSL!
Yes, I prefer to use functional operating systems, or at least ones I can fix myself, without incurring a "huge performance hit" by wrapping them in spyware disguised as an OS ;-)
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