Talk:Glob (programming)

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[edit] opposition to proposed merge

Someone suggested that this article be merged with Wildcard character. I do not think merging it with any other pattern matching article would be a good idea, because "globbing" and "glob" do have a specific technical meaning: they refer to a particular pattern matching behavior. Those who know this will come here looking for a page about that specific behavior. I think it would be better to leave this as its own page, and add cross-references to pages about other sorts of pattern matching as appropriate. --Karl Fogel 19:28, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] disambiguation - minor use of word

I was wondering how common the use of the word glob to describe units of 8 bytes was?
In this case 1Glob = 64bits
Note:
1bit = 1^3 bits, 1 'cubic' bit
1Byte = 2^3 bits 1 'cubic' '2bit' 'volume'
1Glob= 4^3 bits, 1 'cubic' '4bit' 'volume'
obviously a '3bit' volume is not used.
?????HappyVR 12:00, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Two unrelated meanings on one page

The TV show has nothing to do with the Unix command. If it is notable, please give it a separate article and create a disambiguation page offering the choice of TV show and Unix command. 82.113.133.7 10:42, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

I agree LeinadSpoon 00:22, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

I support this idea. Tim.bounceback^{(talk | contribs | ubxen)} 21:29, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

I agree as well. Meliadoul 02:05, 10 April 2007 (UTC)