From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailin8.bigpond.com ([139.134.6.96] helo=mta06bw.bigpond.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16I6ll-0007Pe-00 for ; Sun, 23 Dec 2001 06:26:17 -0500 Received: from data.home ([144.135.24.84]) by mta06bw.bigpond.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with SMTP id GOSO3900.BG8 for ; Sun, 23 Dec 2001 21:33:09 +1000 Received: from CPE-144-136-137-64.qld.bigpond.net.au ([144.136.137.64]) by bwmam06.mailsvc.email.bigpond.com(MailRouter V3.0h 47/2161475); 23 Dec 2001 21:26:15 Received: from geoff by data.home with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16I6li-0004Oa-00; Sun, 23 Dec 2001 21:26:14 +1000 Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 21:26:12 +1000 From: Geoff Shang To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: ot, a programming question In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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: 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? Geoff.