Re: [Gnu-arch-users] duplicate terms for the same things

[Miles Bader]

On Sat, May 01, 2004 at 11:40:29AM -0400, James Blackwell wrote:
> > There is a lot of commands in tla, why did you add also alias ?
> 
> One of the reasons for aliases is it allows arch developers to change
> the names of commands while allowing for backward compatibility. 

I'll add that aliases can be made invisible, which is sometimes the right
thing when renaming a command, to preserve compatiblity but not unduly
confuse people.

-Miles
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