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Re: Standards Update, Part 5: IEEE 1003.2

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From: Shane P. McCarron
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1988 07:08
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From: Shane P. McCarron <ahby@bungia.bungia.mn.org>

> From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn )
> 
> Eek!  I thought the original 1003.2 intent was to permit implementation
> in a monocase command-line environment.  Has that been discarded?

I have been in the .2 group since their first real meeting, and that
was never discussed as an option.  If we are codifying existing
practice, then this clearly cannot be achieved.  While requiring a
single grep is not "codifying existing practice", it does permit
existing practice, while still giving a view to the future.

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Shane P. McCarron			UUCP: ahby@bungia.mn.org
Systems Analyst				ATT: +1 612 224-9239

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