Re: "conformance" vs. compatibility

[Bob Proulx]

ari wrote:
> I notice that the 'head' and 'tail' commands, in the latest version of
> coreutils, were modified to do away with the following options:
> 
>       -<number>  (head, tail)
>       +<number>  (tail)

This has just recently been discussed.  Please read the archive for
details of this discussion.

  http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2003-09/msg00082.html

Bob