|
Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 07/24/05 07:33
Geoff Berrow wrote:
> I noticed that Message-ID: <4oqdnWHWSdvv3X_fRVn-1g@comcast.com> from
> Jerry Stuckle contained the following:
>
>
>>>change_permissions() would make sense
>>>
>>
>>Too long, for one thing. Look at the original Unix commands - all very short.
>>Remember, Unix was first created in the days of the 110 baud teletypes. A 300
>>baud modem was a luxury. 1200 baud modems cost thousands.
>
>
> That was then. Besides it could be an alias.
>
> I could never understand why colour could not be an alias for color in
> HTML and CSS. Especially since HTML is a Brit idea <g>
>
Yep, that was then. But if you change it, millions of scripts will change.
You want to make it an alias on your system, great. But then your scripts won't
work on other people's systems.
--
==================
Remove the "x" from my email address
Jerry Stuckle
JDS Computer Training Corp.
jstucklex@attglobal.net
==================
Navigation:
[Reply to this message]
|