What part of the description of rename() rules out the possibility of
wildcard support?
What part of the description of system() guarantees wildcard support?
I tried to promise not to get into this argument, but I have to make
this point.
Let's ignore Dan's two arguments above as arguments by themselves, and
consider the fact that he made both of them together.
Dan is saying that it is implementation-dependent whether rename() and
system() support wildcards. Note how he seems to be *advocating* the use
of wildcards in rename() because of this, and *disadvocating* the use of
wildcards in system() because of this.
Why? What makes one implementation-dependent behaviour better than
another? Why couldn't it just as easily be the other way around?
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