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Subject: sorry, not last word
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Date: 22 May 89 01:09:00 GMT
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Someone recently made a disparaging comment about file types, lumping
them in the same category as resource forks and extended files.  For
what its worth (.00001$?), I want to go on record as enthuusiastically
supporting file types (ever played with an MS/DOS system much?
aarghhhhh) -- my problem with extended files is that what they intend to
do can be done just fine with directories and naming conventions without
needing any fundamental changes.  I'll grant that the file type stuff
could also have been done the same way, but that would have required too
much self-policing on the part of applications developers.