> On 2020-10-20, at 7:31 AM, Marcel Taeumel <marcel.taeumel at hpi.de> wrote:
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> But beware of writing too much "is(Unix|Windows)"-like code across your abstraction levels because checking for more specific capabilites might produce more readable code such as "canReadFat32Device". ... which was not your question at all here. :-D

Exactly - ask 'can I do this' not 'am I a wotsit'.

tim
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