Windows suffixes

[maus]

Being bored one time, i wrote a short program that created files
with three letter suffixes from A.aaa to A.zzz

Kinda puzzled Windows.

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Death To All Influencers

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

Being bored one time, i wrote a short program that created files with
three letter suffixes from A.aaa to A.zzz
Kinda puzzled Windows.

I like the way it at least makes an intuitive guess at what kind of file
it is. For example, if the file name ends in “.WTF”, it helpfully tells
you it’s a WTF file.

[Chris Ahlstrom]

Post by Lawrence D'Oliveiro

Being bored one time, i wrote a short program that created files with
three letter suffixes from A.aaa to A.zzz
Kinda puzzled Windows.

I like the way it at least makes an intuitive guess at what kind of file
it is. For example, if the file name ends in “.WTF”, it helpfully tells
you it’s a WTF file.

From bsdgames:

$ wtf wtf
WTF: where's the food

[Kerr-Mudd, John]

On Thu, 15 Aug 2024 10:41:20 -0400

Post by Chris Ahlstrom

Post by Lawrence D'Oliveiro

Being bored one time, i wrote a short program that created files with
three letter suffixes from A.aaa to A.zzz
Kinda puzzled Windows.

I like the way it at least makes an intuitive guess at what kind of file
it is. For example, if the file name ends in “.WTF”, it helpfully tells
you it’s a WTF file.

$ wtf wtf
WTF: where's the food
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Stay away from hurricanes for a while.

Nah, that's SAFHFAW, it's nothin' like.

IMO WTF = a much superior encoding than UTF.


I remember when CGA was replaced by Enhanced GA, shortly superceded by
Very (?)GA then Super VGA. Thankfully SuperEnhancedVeryHigh never came into
play.

[Ahem A Rivet's Shot]

On Thu, 15 Aug 2024 16:25:48 +0100

Post by Kerr-Mudd, John
I remember when CGA was replaced by Enhanced GA, shortly superceded by
Very (?)GA then Super VGA. Thankfully SuperEnhancedVeryHigh never came
into play.

Super High Integrated Very Advanced - was destroyed.

[R Daneel Olivaw]

Post by maus
Being bored one time, i wrote a short program that created files
with three letter suffixes from A.aaa to A.zzz
Kinda puzzled Windows.
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I rarely use Windows but seem to remember that .html and .jpeg (for
example) are perfectly acceptable.

[Charlie Gibbs]

Post by R Daneel Olivaw

Post by maus
Being bored one time, i wrote a short program that created files
with three letter suffixes from A.aaa to A.zzz
Kinda puzzled Windows.

I rarely use Windows but seem to remember that .html and .jpeg (for
example) are perfectly acceptable.

Well, acceptable anyway. Windows (or at least its acolytes)
seem to be a bit uneasy with extensions longer than 3 characters.
It's probably more cultural than technical, though.

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

Post by R Daneel Olivaw
I rarely use Windows but seem to remember that .html and .jpeg (for
example) are perfectly acceptable.

Long file names were a kind of hack on the FAT filesystem used in the old
DOS-based Windows line (up to 95/98/ME, prior to 2000/XP). They were done
in such a way that, if you tried to mount the volume on an older version
of DOS/Windows that didn’t know about long file names, it would still see
the (approximate-equivalent) short (8-dot-3) file name.

Anybody remember the old “MICROS~1” joke? That’s an example of what
happens when you can only see short file names.