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		zapzupnz 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: When I say “alphabetical order”, I mean “alphabeti... I’ve never used an autosave system for general software like that, overwriting the file but keeping no history, before. Which one behaves like that?

pdonis 4 months ago [–]

How long have you been using computers? Once upon a time, all autosave systems worked like that. That's why they were rarely used.

zapzupnz 4 months ago | [–]

> How long have you been using computers?

Since the 1990s, and I've never used an autosave system that worked that way.

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