RE: Short names - a limitation? was: Calling names - System i5

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nathan Andelin
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 9:16 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Short names - a limitation? was: Calling names - System i5

> Adam Glauser wrote:
> While I'm frustrated at times by the 10 character limit, I'm not 
> convinced it's as big a problem as Steve makes it out to be.  On the 
> other hand, this is one of those things that makes the OS look old or 
> limited or just generally weird to newcomers.

When I think of the genius of a an object-based operating system and the 
consistency with which it was implemented - including consistency in 
naming conventions, the 10 character limitation is a problem that ranges 
somewhere between trivial and meaningless.

Nathan.