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From:	Mellman Thomas <Thomas DOT Mellman AT icn DOT siemens DOT de>
To:	"'Robert Collins'" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>,
	Mellman Thomas
	<Thomas DOT Mellman AT icn DOT siemens DOT de>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	RE: A proposal for a Cygnus naming convention
Date:	Wed, 8 May 2002 17:16:52 +0200
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Robert Collins [mailto:robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au]
>>Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 5:11 PM
>>To: Mellman Thomas; cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
>>Subject: RE: A proposal for a Cygnus naming convention
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Mellman Thomas [mailto:Thomas DOT Mellman AT icn DOT siemens DOT de] 
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 1:06 AM
>>
>>
>>> It's just that I like to use split() in perl or $1, $2, $3 in 
>>> awk.  To say it's "easy" to handle blanks with Unix is ... 
>>> well, to avoid anything that might inflame, let's say, academic.
>>> 
>>> Incidently, I haven't heard anyone explain what purpose the 
>>> blank in "mount v2" serves.
>>
>>It's easier to read than "mountv2".


Could be.  How about mount_v2?


>> Plus it confuses perl programs.


Hey!  I used to hate perl too until I had to study a good perl program.

The thing about perl (not to go off-topic, or anything), is that it's the only interpretive language that I know of (except for Java, which I don't know very well) which has both 1) structured data and 2) pointer-optimized accesses.

So there!


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