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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Wildcard types
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Date: 1 Nov 90 20:18:04 GMT
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In <1990Nov01.061846.27994@hoss.unl.edu>, 252u3130@fergvax.unl.edu (Phil Dietz) writes:
>Well it's about due!  I personally HATE the #? qualifier.  Boy what a
>wierd combination.  It's only like UNIX and the IBM world (billions and
>billions by Carl Sagan) users use the STANDARD * wildcard.
> 
>Jeesh...Why didn't Commodore support the !@#$%^&* wild card instead.  We
>all love enteringin the oodles of characters to represent an entity
>represented by * everywhere else.

So which '*' wildcard convention should they have adopted? The Unix and MsDos
ones are completely and totally different. Or hadn't you noticed?

-larry

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