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From: Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU
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Subject: Re: Are .FILE extentions standard in MSDOS?
Summary: PC Mag column
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Date: 23 Jun 88 11:48:30 GMT
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The July PC Magazine's Stephen Manes column "Extension Course: Filenames for 
the Future" lists a bunch of extensions.

Excerpted without permission:

"I refer, of course, to the Strongly Typed International Filename Format 8.3 
(STIFF 8.3), which was developed years ago but never implented."

"Earlier versions of the STIFF protocol were hampered by being out of touch 
with DOS reality.  The key to the widespread acceptance of the newly revised 
STIFF 8.3 is that it recognizes and locks in forever such accepted DOS
filename extension conventions as these:

.ARC File compressed to avoid your wasting 40 days and 40 nights transmitting
        or using it.
.BAK A protective file destined for deletion before you really need it.
.COM A "common" program file that can actually fit into 64K of memory and is 
        therefore offered at a bargain price.
.DEV File containing satanic cult messages that canhold your hard disk in 
        thrall.
.EXE A fancy "executive" program virtually unlimited in size and therefore 
        commanding hundreds of dollars more than the "common" one that does 
        the same thing.
.HLP A file begging to be put out of its misery.
.ME  A file containing absolutely essential last-minute instructions no one 
        bothers to read.
.WK1 Spreadsheet template that works just once.
.WKS Spreadsheet template that works some of the time.
.$$$ File indicting a programmer's engagement in wishful thinking."


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