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RE: A proposal for a Cygnus naming convention
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- To: "Mellman Thomas" <Thomas dot Mellman at icn dot siemens dot de>,<cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 01:11:20 +1000
- Subject: RE: A proposal for a Cygnus naming convention
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mellman Thomas [mailto:Thomas.Mellman@icn.siemens.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". Plus it confuses perl programs.
Rob
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