nemesis nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2008/01/30 12:59:
> Darren New wrote:
>> Fredrik Eriksson wrote:
>>> At what point was that? Even MS-DOS let you have extensionless files.
>>
>> Heck, CP/M let you have extensionless files. :-)
> 
> yes, for old systems like Unix and all, extensions are just part of the 
> name, nothing special.  I was under the impression that on Windows it 
> was just another artificial limitation imposed on users, like GUIs and 
> dialog boxes...
Old name storage limitation when the names where in the 8.3 format. 8 characters 
for the name, of whitch you must use from 1 to 8, and an extention for an extra 
3 characters for the extention, hence the term "extention". Those could cary 0 
to 3 characters. The content of the extention is purely arbitrary, with some 
having specific, reserved, signification.

-- 
Alain
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Sometimes my love of the arcane combines with my askew humor to make me 
unintelligible!!

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