[net.unix-wizards] Berkeley infinite symbol names on the 11

gwyn@Brl@sri-unix (11/20/82)

From:     Doug Gwyn <gwyn@Brl>
Date:     16 Nov 82 14:03:12-EST (Tue)
One problem with infinite symbol names is that the symbol table format
standard on PDP-11 UNIX is inadequate.  This would impact the loader,
as well as myriad other system utilities.

If I get many more sources from Berkeley UNIX sites that have
to be converted because of this long-symbol discrepency, I will
come up with a "crunching" tool for automatic symbol shortening.

A better approach would be for people to quit using non-portable
language extensions.