Back in the early days of computers there weren't as many characters to go around and folks had to be very conservative with their use. Since then, more have been pulled out of the ground so we can use them more liberally.
-- ____ __ | 0|___||. Andrew Gaunt *nix Sys. Admin., etc. _| _| : : } [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www-cde.mv.lucent.com/~quantum -(O)-==-o\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.gaunt.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 16:43:36 EDT > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > > I believe it was Ken Thompson, and I believe the remark was intended to be > >humorous. Step back and ask: Why would he spell "create" as "creat" in the > >first place? If you are going to type five characters, you might as well > >type six. The reason it was spelled "creat" in the first place was the > >linked only supported five characters. That has caused much > >head-scratching, question-asking, and recompiling-due-to-typos; hence the > >remark about the spelling. > > Okay, I'll buy that, but why create a linker that only supports 5 > character function names? What was it which caused this scenario? > I guess I don't fully understand the role of linkers, if this should > be an obvious thing :) > -- > > Seeya, > Paul > -- > It may look like I'm just sitting here doing nothing, > but I'm really actively waiting for all my problems to go away. > > If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right! > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
