From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [204.233.198.50] (helo=linserver.complex) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16IFaD-0000E1-00 for ; Sun, 23 Dec 2001 15:50:57 -0500 Received: (from gnowak1@localhost) by linserver.complex (8.11.4/8.10.2) id fBNKoUB00313 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 23 Dec 2001 14:50:30 -0600 Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 14:50:30 -0600 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: ot, a programming question Message-ID: <20011223145030.A310@uic.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from gshang@uq.net.au on Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 09:26:12PM +1000 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 09:26:12PM +1000, Geoff Shang wrote: > Hi: > > It's probably a good thing that the shell does it. Imagine the potential > problems if programs used different algorythms to get the list of files. > For example, what if ls and rm returned slightly different lists for a > given wildcard? Owch! Greg > > Geoff. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup