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Date:      Fri, 5 Jun 2009 16:31:37 -0400
From:      Thomas Dickey <dickey@radix.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Date representation as YY/DDD or YYYY/DDD
Message-ID:  <20090605203137.GB14599@saltmine.radix.net>
In-Reply-To: <b79ecaef0906051323s64a89fe2x134290524b633978@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 09:23:06PM +0100, Chris Rees wrote:
> Seriously, why are long options encouraged?

Some programs simply have a lot of options, and after a dozen or
so, a single letter loses its mnemonic value.

X applications have been using long options for 20 years - long enough
to get used to the notion.

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey
http://invisible-island.net
ftp://invisible-island.net



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