On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Richard Hipp <[email protected]> wrote:

> I would guess "accidental inconsistency".  The commands and their options
> have grown by accretion and the names of options tend to be whatever
> occurred to me at the moment.
>


To be fair, Richard can't take all the blame there ;). Many of the commands
have been tweaked by many people over the years, adding new options as they
go. But yes, in any case, "grown by accretion" certainly applies ;).

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