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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: a thought on the 6-char limit
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Date: Mon, 22-Oct-84 14:34:01 EDT
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> I vote for longer IDs.  Six is off by at least a factor of two.

As I've mentioned before, there are only two good numbers:  six and
infinity.  Setting a larger fixed limit makes no sense, because most
of the people who can't deliver full flexnames can't deliver a limit
larger than six either.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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