Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!rpi!uupsi!fozzie!stanley From: stanley@phoenix.com (John Stanley) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: long identifiers Message-ID: Date: 1 Nov 90 07:02:21 GMT References: <5940045@hpcupt1.cup.hp.com> Organization: One Man Brand Lines: 35 jamiller@hpcupt1.cup.hp.com (Jim Miller) writes: > Ah, "qualitative"? > Do you want it to run on the most MACHINES? MS-DOS > > Do you want it to run on a standard OS that all sellers agree on > the implementation? MS-DOS Do you want it to run on a machine that isn't crippled by a 640k memory limit? UNIX Do you want it to run on a machine that isn't crippled by a segmented architecture? UNIX Do you want it to run on a machine that has a virtual memory limit of gigabytes? UNIX Do you want it to run in a system where you can have real multi-user multi-tasking? UNIX Do you want to run it on systems where the lowest common denomenator is a 4.7MHz, 8 bit, no graphics system? MS-DOS > > (sorry I couldn't resist that last poke). I couldn't either. > > I'm claiming you have picked a meaning of "qualitative" that is > self serving. *I* never pick my definitions that way :-) It just depends on what you consider 'quality'. Some have higher standards than others. "Arinth is a beautiful planet." "Oh, have you been there?" "Yes, but not yet." The Doctor. (TB)