And the old 4 char 'creator codes' would run out at 456976 ! On 23 January 2011 01:17, Paul Looney <supp...@ahsomme.com> wrote:
> Cal, > Another consideration: > Three characters allows for approximately 17,576 combinations (26*26*26). > Apple's App Store alone already has over 300,000 apps, and growing. > Three characters might have been enough in 1970 but not today. > Paul Looney > > > On Jan 22, 2011, at 8:08 PM, Ken Ray wrote: > > O.K. Ken, given that there are companies in our business that have used >>> more >>> than a three char suffix. That still doesn't make it right. >>> >> >> Sorry, Cal, I'm just not seeing the big deal with "greater than 3 >> character" >> file extensions... but maybe it's just me... >> >> Ken Ray >> Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. >> Email: k...@sonsothunder.com >> Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- Stephen Barncard San Francisco Ca. USA more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
