Richard Fateman <fateman@cs.berkeley.edu> writes:
> Some of them seem to come from shortening 3 or 4 letter suffixes to
> 2 for purposes of storing with weak file systems.
These days all filesystems in common use allow long filenames. I'd
like to see a move back at least 3-letter suffixes, and not shorten
4-letter words: mac doc demo lisp info etc
> .cl for a file that is in common lisp. Thus .lsp, .lisp, .l
> could be changed to .cl . Advantages: common usage, I think
> and only 2 letters. Does anyone else use this?
I guess you're asking if .cl is in use for other purposes. I don't
know, I'd prefer .lisp for common lisp source code - this is in wide
use. Admittedly, .cl has some use though.
> .fasl conventional name for compiled version of .cl file
> perhaps .o if that is what CLISP or ... provides.
.x86f and .sparcf to mention a few... On installed versions, these
should go somewhere that the user won't have to worry about them.
> foo.info ...
.info should imply a file in the info format.
Ole