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On 13-Aug-2004 Roman Kurakin wrote:
> Ok. Since IFF_UP is used this way by many implementations we have to
> agree that this is normal behavior that was introduced by evolution
> and practice like word spelling could be changed from its origin.

I can't agree with that.  There's a big difference between
human language and software design.  IFF_UP is misused by some
implementations because the implementors didn't understand it.  That's
not evolution, it's just a plain old bug. :-)

John