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From: src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de (Heiko Blume)
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Subject: Re: kstuff 0.18 (part 1/6)
Message-ID: <1991May14.101354.28935@scuzzy.in-berlin.de>
Date: 14 May 91 10:13:54 GMT
References: <10678:May918:49:1491@kramden.acf.nyu.edu <1991May11.200747.17465@scuzzy.in-berlin.de> <13May91.095814.8736@franklin.com> <1098
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brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes:

>In article <13May91.095814.8736@franklin.com> bill@franklin.com (bill) writes:
>> Bernstein erred in not using shorter file names

>Only someone who ports the
>package to System V will ever care about the filename length

which is wrong. don't forget archive sites (like me). one just can't
unshar your stuff on sys v machines properly, and there is no point
in archiving shar files - you don't know if they're broken or something.

and since there are only a few filenames longer than 14 characters
(as you said), why the hell didn't YOU shorten them? instead you tell
us to do it - that's just a waste of time.
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