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Apparently the name 'ASCII' fits into their scheme of using minor planet names¹ for each release. Kind of a confusing name though. I wouldn't want the connotati
by Freak_NL 8y ago
Apparently the name 'ASCII' fits into their scheme of using minor planet names¹ for each release. Kind of a confusing name though. I wouldn't want the connotation of “limited to a few characters only” for an operating system.
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3568_ASCII https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3568_ASCII
- acqq 8y agoThanks. One more example of developers selecting rather user-unfriendly name for their product.
- cpmouter 8y agoWho's going to think a fork of Debian in 2018 is "limited to a few characters only"? Don't be ridiculous.
- synotna 8y agoForks are created for all sorts of crazy reasons. Perhaps someone has emoji creep via Unicode?