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"M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> writes:
> When this has come up in the past, it was decreed that _ is a bad bad
> bad bad idea, even though people want it.  You might want to check the
> ancient archives (1998?) for all the reasons why.

Arguments presented in ancient archives are not necessarily relevant
five years later.

DES
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