mo@prisma.UUCP (Mike O'Dell) (03/25/89)
The real fact is that they are destination specific and this is all silly. Besides, I'm quite sure the dreaded ISOOSI tribe will declare a standard for file names and everyone will be forced to gratuitously convert the entire universe. However, I can't help but mention that I've always believed the the DEC OS people (probably from time immemorial) have had a contest going to see who could use the greatest number of different punctuation characters in a filename. I guess that's because in their heart of hearts they still think in RAD-50 and that noone would *EVER* want to use those characters in a name, much less that anyone would mind typing all those error-prone things. Noooooooooo. "We be into keystrokes - lots of *DIFFERENT* keystrokes." Yours with tongue somewhat in cheek, -Mike