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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nathan Andelin
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 9:16 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: 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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