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RE: Short names - a limitation? was: Calling names - System i5

Adam Glauser wrote:
While I'm frustrated at times by the 10 character limit, I'm not convinced it's as big a problem as Steve makes it out to be. On the other hand, this is one of those things that makes the OS look old or limited or just generally weird to newcomers.

When I think of the genius of a an object-based operating system and the consistency with which it was implemented - including consistency in naming conventions, the 10 character limitation is a problem that ranges somewhere between trivial and meaningless.

Nathan.

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