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cc: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, hackers@freebsd.org,
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Subject: Re: how to name fs specific programs 
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Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 23:39:41 -0500
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
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Terry Lambert writes:
> > No you aren't missing anything.
> > 
> > Furthermore, he is claiming that breaking compatibility with existing
> > code and scripts doesn't matter, either, in order to get this
> > "improvement".
> 
> What about "semantic seperation of command names from the FS on which
> they are intended to operate"?

Yup, Curt, you weren't missing anything at all.

Perry