From: "Ben Davis" <ben AT vjpoole DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: Problem with FSEXT
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 01:36:50 -0000
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>>What did someone say about two initial underlines and "you will blow up"?
>>:-(
>
>Creating a symbol in user code that begins with __ or anything from _A
>to _Z has "undefined" results, which means that an exploding computer
>is within the specification.

I know; it was discussed on "Some dodgy FILE hackery". But someone said this
on his/her signature - I can't remember who - and I thought it was a joke.

Anyway, I didn't create any such symbols; I just used them when they
belonged to the library.

Ben Davis