On Maw, 2003-05-13 at 00:36, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> Could somebody please change the error message? Although everybody
> seems to want to be a lawyer, even lawyers don't make law. Certainly
> Software Engineers don't. The correct word is 'invalid', not 'illegal'.
> Yes, I know there is a 30-year history of the use of that word in
> Unix, but it's wrong. Only governments make law.
Much to my suprise you are right on this. The reference dictionary is
quite explicit that "illegal" means prohibited by law. Since users will
eventually see this message it perhaps does make sense to fix it
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