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Re: Bits Question

From: Kip Warner <kip at thevertigo dot com>
To: Dave Korn <dave dot korn dot cygwin at googlemail dot com>
Cc: libstdc++ at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:51:05 -0800
Subject: Re: Bits Question
References: <1262418600.24455.12.camel@kip-laptop.vw.shawcable.net> <6FEFCB60-5186-4522-BD41-FA32AFF0B103@bubblescope.net> <1262463942.24455.16.camel@kip-laptop.vw.shawcable.net> <4B3FB12B.1060609@oracle.com> <4B4013B3.3090203@gmail.com> <1262489757.24455.35.camel@kip-laptop.vw.shawcable.net> <4B40174E.8090002@gmail.com>

On Sun, 2010-01-03 at 04:04 +0000, Dave Korn wrote:
> It's just a name.  Nobody has ever thought that hard about it because
> it
> doesn't really matter any.  "misc" would have been as good, but
> someone chose
> "bits" way back when, and there'd be no benefit to anyone to change
> it, so
> no-one cares.  Directory names can only be vaguely descriptive after
> all, they
> can't really convey an awful lot of information about the source files
> within
> them using a limited number of characters, so people don't think it's
> worth
> "trying too hard" over directory names.
> 
>     cheers,
>       DaveK 

Thanks Dave. That was helpful.

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References:
- Bits Question
  - From: Kip Warner
- Re: Bits Question
  - From: Christopher Jefferson
- Re: Bits Question
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- Re: Bits Question
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