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Re: isearch multiple buffers


From: Juanma Barranquero
Subject: Re: isearch multiple buffers
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:56:23 +0200

On 10/25/07, Juri Linkov <address@hidden> wrote:

> As I remember, there was 6.3 file name restriction in RSX-11 on a PDP-11
> that is shorter than FAT file names.

Chuck Moore has explanied that he named the language FORTH instead of
FOURTH because, in the system he was using at the time, filenames had
a maximum length of five characters.

> Fortunately we haven't follow this
> restriction unless we want to maintain compatibility with this platform :)

Fortunately. :)

             Juanma




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