Harry Sack wrote:
2007/4/7, Alex Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 17:49 +0200, Harry Sack wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have read somewhere there exist 2 extensions for FLAC files: .flac
> and .fla
> Why is this and what's the difference between them?
Nothing. File name extensions don't mean anything. Don't be confused
into thinking that they do - they are simply part of the file name.
yes I know this, but my question is: why do they make different file
extensions to FLAC files then if they mean nothing? (I had better
formulated
my question like this)
Because some ancient DOS/Windows filesystems didn't support
filename extensions of more than three characters. And this
limitation still ripples through the DOS/Windows/Microsoft
world. There are many examples of this; htm vs. html, jpg
vs. jpeg, mpg vs. mpeg, etc, etc...
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