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<<On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 07:38:40 -0800, Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> said:

> There is no concept of "forward" or "backward" as far as the toolchain and
> runtime support goes.  There is only "filename exists" or "file not found".

This is a human-factors issue, not a code issue.  People expect to see
version numbers increasing.

-GAWollman



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