>>>>> "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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