Re: [xml-dev] Reality check needed ....

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Re: [xml-dev] Reality check needed ....
=?iso-8859-1?Q?Bill_de_h=D3ra?= scripsit:

> Extensions are less helpful than names. And I like what David Gelernter
> said about file names: roughly, file names are like animals; if you have
> two or three pets you give them a name; if you have a herd of sheep you
> don't bother.

People who have herds of dairy cows often do give them names, though.
I think the point here is that sheep are more or less interchangeable
(except to each other) and pets are not.  Dairy cows aren't interchangeable
one bit.

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