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SubjectRe: Intel vs AMD x86-64
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On Sat, 21 Feb 2004, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> into underscores when used as filenames. Don't ask me why (well, the space
> part is obvious, since real spaces tend to be a pain to use on the command
> line, but don't ask me why people tend to conver a dash to an underscore).

Maybe because they think dash looks ugly and can sometimes lead to
invoking programs with bad options?

bye
T.

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