>>>>> "John" == John Chambers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
John> The implementations seem to be fairly consistent now, except for the
John> minor point that - (minus) and _ (underscore) shouldn't be mixed.
John> There's an ambiguity that is interpreted differently by different
John> programs. I'm still not clear what the "right" interpretation is, and
John> the fact that it took a couple of years for it to come out says
John> something about how big a deal it is. So it's probably pretty low on
John> most implementers' lists of problems to fix.
I reported it to Michael Methfessel over a year ago. And it's high on
my list, and I would think on the list of anyone who uses words.
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