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Date:      13 Apr 2002 15:51:48 +0200
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
To:        "Philippe Charnier" <charnier@xp11.frmug.org>
Cc:        Brian Somers <brian@freebsd-services.com>, Philippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/make job.c main.c make.1
Message-ID:  <xzpit6vn1u3.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: <200204130947.g3D9lM6W011594@xp11.frmug.org>
References:  <200204130947.g3D9lM6W011594@xp11.frmug.org>

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"Philippe Charnier" <charnier@xp11.frmug.org> writes:
> Brian Somers <brian@freebsd-services.com> wrote:
> > I believe that the last time this came up, the consensus what that 
> > program names aren't capitalised, even if they're the first word in a 
> > sentence.
> I remember exactly the opposite (but I was not able to get the bits
> after a search in the archives, so I could be wrong)

Both wrong: the consensus was that program and function names should
never be the first word in a sentence, and that if necessary one
should wrap them in "The ${foo} utility" or "The ${foo} function", as
appropriate.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org

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