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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] The name of the application
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Miles Bader |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] The name of the application |
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Wed, 25 Feb 2004 17:13:32 -0500 |
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On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 11:39:55AM -0800, Dustin Sallings wrote:
> >Why is the executable called "tla", instead of simply "arch"?
>
> arch is an implementation-independent design.
> tla is an implementation of arch.
Also many systems (e.g., sunos) have a standard utility called `arch', which
could cause lots o' confusion.
I think the current split is fairly reasonable -- I tend to use `arch' when
talking about things I _believe_ to be pretty implementation-independent
(like the archive format), and `tla' when talking about stuff that might be
different in other implementations (like the specifics of command-line
syntax).
[That's why I called my package of add-on scripts `tla-tools' instead of
e.g. `arch-tools': they probably wouldn't work with another arch
implementation because the details of the CLI would be different.]
-Miles
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