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From: shaw@paralogics.UUCP (Guy Shaw)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: Currency Quotes
Summary: Some UNIX command reference manuals already use a CAVEATS section
Message-ID: <264@paralogics.UUCP>
Date: 7 Mar 90 07:16:40 GMT
References: <803@xyzzy.UUCP> <8229@hubcap.clemson.edu> <1990Mar4.213359.14687@agate.berkeley.edu>
Organization: Paralogics; Santa Monica, CA
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In article <1990Mar4.213359.14687@agate.berkeley.edu>, raymond@rosarita.berkeley.edu (Raymond Chen) writes:

> 	The BUGS section is also somewhat misnamed.  Defects reported
> 	here aren't so much bugs as shortcomings
[...]
> 
> It really should be called "POTENTIALLY PROBLEM-CAUSING BEHAVIOR".

Some flavors of UNIX(TM) come with separate CAVEATS and BUGS sections in the
commands reference manual.  Interactive does this.  At least they used to long
ago; I don't know if they still do.  I wish this were a more common practice.
-- 
Guy Shaw
Paralogics
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