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From: robert@pvab.UUCP (Robert Claeson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: .cc isn't so great
Message-ID: <243@pvab.UUCP>
Date: 20 Jun 88 07:53:43 GMT
References: <6041@well.UUCP> <566@goofy.megatest.UUCP> <8076@elsie.UUCP> <373@halley.UUCP>
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In article <373@halley.UUCP>, bc@halley.UUCP (Bill Crews) writes:

> In article <240@pvab.UUCP> robert@pvab.UUCP (Robert Claeson) writes:
> >Because some (most?) operating systems except for UNIX will not let
> >you use anything but alpha-numeric ones. And most are case-insensitive,
> >too.

> Uh, some OSes don't let you use periods, either, you know.

> ... Maybe we should
> just pick the few (Unix, DOS, ...) we really care about and maybe offer
> guidelines for others.

What about UNIX, PC-DOS, VMS (, OS/2?)?