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To: "Philippe Charnier" <charnier@xp11.frmug.org>
Cc: Brian Somers <brian@freebsd-services.com>,
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/make job.c main.c make.1
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From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
Date: 13 Apr 2002 15:51:48 +0200
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"Philippe Charnier" <charnier@xp11.frmug.org> writes:
> Brian Somers <brian@freebsd-services.com> wrote:
> > I believe that the last time this came up, the consensus what that
> > program names aren't capitalised, even if they're the first word in a
> > sentence.
> I remember exactly the opposite (but I was not able to get the bits
> after a search in the archives, so I could be wrong)
Both wrong: the consensus was that program and function names should
never be the first word in a sentence, and that if necessary one
should wrap them in "The ${foo} utility" or "The ${foo} function", as
appropriate.
DES
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