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From: malpass@vlsi.ll.mit.edu (Don Malpass)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: PKZIP filenames (was Re: Bugs in v0.90 of PKZIP...)
Message-ID: <287@vlsi.ll.mit.edu>
Date: 15 Mar 89 17:43:22 GMT
References: <129.241A07B5@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us> <4397@drivax.DRI> <6128@bsu-cs.UUCP>
Reply-To: malpass@ll-vlsi.arpa.UUCP (Don Malpass)
Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington MA
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In article <6128@bsu-cs.UUCP> dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
>...Thus it's tempting to add new compression code.  But remembering the
>confusion that squashing caused, I'm very reluctant to do it.
>However, if a new compression algorithm were added, and the archive
>extension changed to something else, the new zoo would retain upward
>compatibility without confusing users.

ARE YOU LISTENING WORLD?  Rahul in three short sentences has summarized
the gigabytes of drivel contributed to the arc-wars.
        >>>  ARCHIVE EXTENSION CHANGED TO SOMETHING ELSE.  <<<
Let's not EVER repeat PK's compatibility mistake.  There's been too much
blood and suffering.
-- 
Don Malpass   [malpass@LL-vlsi.arpa],  [malpass@gandalf.ll.mit.edu] 
  Have you noticed how little difference there often seems to be
    between ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE and REAL STUPIDITY?