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The conflation of file type and editor is orthogonal to the use of file extensions as type metadata. I agree that including the file's type in the name is subop

by chc 14y ago

The conflation of file type and editor is orthogonal to the use of file extensions as type metadata. I agree that including the file's type in the name is suboptimal, but in a world where we're constantly sending files from one environment to a completely different one, it isn't entirely unreasonable either, as file names are the one truly universal way of identifying a file, and a file's type is part of its identity.

jfb 14y ago
Oh, it's necessary in the world we live in, no argument there -- but it's stupid. It's more janitorial nonsense from the bad old days.
- VMG 14y ago
  I assume that none of your files have extensions then?
  - chc 14y ago
    When somebody says something is "necessary," you assume they don't do it? That hardly seems rational.
  - jfb 14y ago
    Some do, as a concession to lousy software.