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From:
Justin Huff
Date:
August 26, 2001 17:32
Subject:
Re: Something to hash out
Message ID:
Pine.LNX.4.21.0108261725110.2783-100000@fiji.cs.washington.edu
> Actually, are these the only two types of file we're going to
> generate?  Won't there be unoptimized bytecode, parse trees, etc?  Do
> we want an integrated set of extensions (.pa?)?

Would it be a bad idea to have just a single extension for binary
data?  If the file format supports header info or multiple sections, then
we wouldn't 'pollute' the extension namespace.  Is the ability to identify
the type of these binary files by extension important?
--Justin


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