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ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
Date:
October 23, 2022 22:18
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Re: Aw: Rakudo for W7?
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>> On Sat, Oct 22, 2022 at 8:18 PM, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users 
>> <perl6-users@perl.org <mailto:perl6-users@perl.org>> wrote:
>> 
>>      > Gesendet: Freitag, 21. Oktober 2022 um 05:37 Uhr
>>      > Von: "ToddAndMargo via perl6-users" <perl6-users@perl.org
>>     <mailto:perl6-users@perl.org>>
>>      > An: "perl6-users" <perl6-users@perl.org
>>     <mailto:perl6-users@perl.org>>
>>      > Betreff: Rakudo for W7?
>>      > Hi All,
>>      >
>>      > Where can I download the latest Rakudo Star
>>      > that supports 64 bit Windows 7?
>>      >
>>      > Many thanks,
>>      > -T
>> 
>> 
>>     On 10/21/22 08:48, notna@ist-einmalig.de
>>     <mailto:notna@ist-einmalig.de> wrote:
>>       > Hi.
>>       >
>>       > https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/end-of-support
>>     <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/end-of-support> ==> Windows7
>>     support ended January, 14 2020
>> 
>>     No fear of a stupid M$ update destroying your system.
>>     And no need to try to find replacements for perfectly
>>     working mission critical software that has been
>>     abandoned and will not run on current versions
>>     of Windows.
>> 
>>     I do not force my customer onto the latest just because
>>     it is the latest.  There are conditions were they need
>>     to be able to operate on older systems.  (I will
>>     work on any system.  I occasionally still see DOS
>>     computers.)
>> 
>>     As far for security goes, M$'s security updates are
>>     typically very late to the show and very poorly done.
>>     A decent anti-virus fills i for you.  And there are
>>     those instances were these older system are not even
>>     on the Internet.  ESET still works wonderfully on
>>     Windows 7.
>> 
>> 
>>       > https://rakudo.org/downloads/star
>>     <https://rakudo.org/downloads/star> offers Star Bundles back to 2010.07
>> 
>> 
>>     Which goes back to my question.  What is the last
>>     one they published that supports Windows 7?
>> 
>>       >
>>       >
>>       > What am I missing?
>> 
>>     See above
>> 
>>       >
>>       > Regards
>>       >   Anton
>> 
>> -- 
>> -y


On 10/23/22 06:31, yary wrote:
 > I interpreted the previous email as, here is the last date that we know
 > Windows 7 was supported. And here is an archive that goes way back in
 > time. find the listing in the archive that is close to that date where
 > Windows 7 support ended. That seems like a fair method.
 >

That explains it.

I do work on any computer or electronic system as
long as it is moral, legal and ethical.  I once
fixed a commercial paper shredder.  I have a guy
that calls me every few years to work on his TV's
(he kicks cables out with his vacuum cleaner).

Its a living.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyxJ7GKGFG0

-T



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