From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ad19,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ad19,public X-Google-Thread: 11440e,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid11440e,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-07 12:44:43 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.awk,comp.lang.clarion,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.vrml Subject: Re: Long names are doom ? References: X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 19:44:42 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.7.82.199 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com 991943082 24.7.82.199 (Thu, 07 Jun 2001 12:44:42 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 12:44:42 PDT Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ruby:10463 comp.lang.ada:8346 comp.lang.awk:2856 comp.lang.clarion:21341 comp.lang.java.programmer:74491 comp.lang.pl1:862 comp.lang.vrml:3602 Date: 2001-06-07T19:44:42+00:00 List-Id: >Real-world tools are actually a damn good analogy here. For example, whenever >... >(I know, I know. Lawsuits are actually an issue here, and they aren't typically >in the software world. I await with interest the first lawsuit in which a harmed party sues a software manufacturer for using known-dangerous techniques instead of best practices. ;)