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Subject: file names.number of characters
From: ricko@merle.acns.nwu.edu (richard overton)
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 1994 08:29:55 -0600
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Organization: Northwestern University

Who is the nice person who can tell me why Macintosh allows file and folder
names to be so much longer than DOS file and directory names? 

I am open to both kinds of answers: the simple one and the right one.

Thanks,
RO
ricko@merle.acns.nwu.edu

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