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From: ehoward@oracle.uucp (Elliot Howard)
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Subject: Re: NeXt Performance/Price
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Date: 14 Apr 89 02:50:26 GMT
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In article <3323@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> anand@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Anand Iyengar) writes:
 >In article <43290@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> J Greely <jgreely@cis.ohio-state.edu> writes:
 >>>rm and ls make MORE sense than del and dir
 >>Not sure I'll buy that one.  Any attempt to defend Unix command names
 >>on the grounds of "ease of use" is doomed from the start, unless
 >
 >	Yuppers:  Ref. unix dd and biff...
 >
 >								Anand.  
 >--
 >"You're from Jersey?  I'm from Jersey!  What exit?"
 >{arpa | bit}net: anand@vax1.acs.udel.edu,  iyengar@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
 >uucp:Same, just through uunet.

Enough already! Arguing over the appropriateness of command names is silly
on any machines that supports aliases. Personally, I use "dir" to get
directory listings on my sun. And  you can create as many links to the man
page as you want. So why does it matter what the original command name is?

			Elliot Howard