Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!faline!thumper!ulysses!andante!mit-eddie!bbn!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!b.gp.cs.cmu.edu!Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU From: Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Are .FILE extentions standard in MSDOS? Summary: PC Mag column Message-ID: <22c0f00e@ralf> Date: 23 Jun 88 11:48:30 GMT Sender: netnews@pt.cs.cmu.edu Lines: 36 In-Reply-To: <6575@cup.portal.com> 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." -- UUCP: {ucbvax,harvard}!cs.cmu.edu!ralf -=-=-=- Voice: (412) 268-3053 (school) ARPA: ralf@cs.cmu.edu BIT: ralf%cs.cmu.edu@CMUCCVMA FIDO: Ralf Brown 1:129/31 Disclaimer? I | claimed something?| Insert your favorite quote here