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So you think it's easy?


Notes:

The quote from Carroll has been used to illustrate many things – including the issue around function and variable naming. The remainder of the passage is also relevant.
In the land of geek-speak we started using the word File to mean a sequence of data units grouped together as a unit. The trouble is that this was a redefinition of the term, which was already in use by most other English speakers to mean a container or wallet designed to hold a group of documents.