a thought on the 6-char limit

[Graham Ross]

Something that (I think) has not been mentioned is that in most
cases, people with limited linkers and assemblers have already
been forced to solve this problem for other languages, or tolerate
non-portability.  There is no need for X3J11 to be nice to the few
who've waited in the dark so long for a sucker committee.  It's not
an unsolved problem, it's just one of those things.

I vote for longer IDs.  Six is off by at least a factor of two.
A 6-char limit is like a 6-inch trout: throw it back.

	Graham Ross, Tektronix, tektronix!tekmdp!grahamr