Hi!
24-Фев-2004 21:18 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aitor Santamari'a Merino) wrote to
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>> Data usually not separated as "binary" or "not binary" (ie. textual),
ASM> Most people doesn't know that this difference even exists, and get
ASM> puzzled when they open binary data files with TYPE.
ASM> This is my point, data is not separated (where perhaps it should).
ASM> COUNTRY.SYS and KEYBOARD.SYS are (mostly, I seem to recall that
ASM> Microsoft's KEYBOARD.SYS may contain even some embedded code) data, I'm
ASM> sure that someone has tried out there to do
ASM> DEVICE=COUNTRY.SYS
ASM> in CONFIG.SYS :)
Let me remind you Mac OS. Files there contains two 32-bit ID: file type
and associated (default) application. For example, file may be textual, and,
if system doesn't contains associated application, then file may be opened
with any other application, which associated with texts.
>>whereas BIN is not worsest name. :) How else? EXE?
ASM> I can't think of a good name, except maybe PRG or something that has to
ASM> do with PROGRAMS.
_For me_ PROG/PRG assoicated with "programming" (also as LANG
associated with "_programming_ language(s)"). I prefer APP(S), TOOL, UTIL.
But contents of my UTIL I already move to BIN.
ASM> Not universal but correct (unlike Microsoft Word DOC
ASM> files, universal but formaly incorrect and confusing).
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