On Saturday 02 February 2002 20:05, Mike Nordell wrote: > Yes. The monopoly M$ don't give a crap about already used 3-letter > extension, and not too unfrequently they "reuse" extensions that has been > in use for decades by other programs. This has a real impact. Let me know > if you need a few examples.
Here's one (not that I know which came first): .scr is used for a source file in UR/Forth (it stands for "screen"; traditionally Forth stores source code in screens of 16 64-character lines) and for a screen saver in Windows. phma
