Re: suggestion for /usr/src/UPDATING

From: Brooks Davis (brooks_at_one-eyed-alien.net)
Date: 08/31/04

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To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net>

    On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 03:52:43PM -0500, Matthew D. Fuller wrote:
    > On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 01:31:31PM -0700 I heard the voice of
    > Brooks Davis, and lo! it spake thus:
    > >
    > > I agree the current default is confusing and counterintuitive, at
    > > least at first.
    >
    > I don't!
    >
    > It's been a whole lotta years since I ever put any conscious thought
    > into which hand I'm using to type a letter. I just decide to type
    > that letter. 'l' for the left side, and 'r' for the right side make
    > perfect sense; it would never even occur to me to think about which
    > hand is being used.

    The problem I found the first couple times I used sdiff was that the
    letters are neumonic. Once I got over that, I've been quite happy with
    them.

    -- Brooks 

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