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From: "Mike Ruskai" <thanny AT spambegone DOT home DOT com>
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Subject: Re: C++ with DJGPP
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Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 19:59:55 GMT
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On 29 Oct 1998 13:40:52 +0000, Rude Boy Ian Miller wrote:

>"Rude Mike Ruskai" <thanny AT spambegone DOT home DOT com> writes:
>
>> On 27 Oct 1998 09:41:42 GMT, Boon van der RJ wrote:
>> 
>> >Mike Ruskai <thanny AT spambegone DOT home DOT com> wrote:
>> >> A pretty stupid way to pack up the archive, if you ask me.  It should be
>> >> short names, period, with scripts to rename files and patch sources to use
>> >> long names.
>> >
>> >I don't think it should be like that. If you just use DOS an
>> >LFN-packed archive is OK. If you just use WIN95 an LFN-archive is even
>> >better. If you use both DOS and Win95 you should follow the FAQ...
>> 
>> You seem to be missing the point.  The script would rename the files and
>> correct the filenames in all #include's from the header files.  
>> 
>> Relying on the behavior of a dearchiver program is the Wrong Thing to do.
>
>Cobblers! "You seem to be missing the point" that renaming the LFNs to
>SFNs and having a script to rename them back again is completely unnecessary
>(provided that you RTFM). Period.

Horse puckey.  The limits of your imagination do not stretch to reality.

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