From: td@plan9.att.com td@plan9.att.com
Subject: More ATAPI questions
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 14:14:08 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19951222191408.40IsrLq8_LHzI1qEhojG2mzqGijWtaIYieMAlg_-s-Y@z> (raw)
"Luther Huffman, Jr." <mail.infinet.com!lutherh> wonders:
> Along more trivial lines, is there a name for file names that
>begin with '#'? The documentation only refers to them as "roots of a
>file tree implemented by a kernel device driver". This is rather
>cumbersome, rather like "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince".
Funny you should mention it. They used to be called `kernel devices',
but then they had a fit of arty pretentiousness and changed their
name to ☺. The press release explained that from now on, while
this was the preferred typography, the UTF-unaware could refer to
them as `the files formerly known as kernel devices.'
next reply other threads:[~1995-12-22 19:14 UTC|newest]
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1995-12-22 19:14 td [this message]
1995-12-22 20:23 jim
1995-12-22 23:19 Luther
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