Re: directory handling in ansi C

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From: Wm E Davidsen Jr
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1989 01:13

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In article <1989Nov21.235640.3662@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Doug McDonald) writes:

| "No prior art" (in C of course) is an acceptable answer. I find
| it hard to believe that X3J11 can come up with any other explanation
| that isn't stupid, other than that or "we ran out of steam" or 
| "it's already too big" or "we don't care about directories".

  How about "we can't agree on how to do it right and can agree not to
do a half-assed job of it." Is that so bad a position? 
-- 
bill davidsen	(davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen)
"The world is filled with fools. They blindly follow their so-called
'reason' in the face of the church and common sense. Any fool can see
that the world is flat!" - anon

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen
From: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr)
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Subject: Re: directory handling in ansi C
Keywords: ansi c, directories
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Date: 22 Nov 89 01:13:14 GMT
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