From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <36a68de41b0790228b004c619020efe7@proxima.alt.za> To: 9fans@9fans.net Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 19:44:13 +0200 From: lucio@proxima.alt.za In-Reply-To: <076b0d07c3c1beca1008a1794cebf5b1@ladd.quanstro.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] ndb and shortening names Topicbox-Message-UUID: e2449ae2-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 >> Btw. I saw the spaces in 'The Organization of Networks in Plan9' by >> Presotto & Winterbottom, part 4.1. on page 8, see 'sys = helix'. So >> there it is probably wrong... > > it does look to be a typo. patch submitted. No, it's a later change. I remember Presotto commenting on the need to avoid the space (on just one side of the equal) to avoid needing quotes. The details are a bit vague in my memory. ++L