[Flac] FLAC: file extension question

[Harry Sack]

2007/4/7, Alex Jones <alex at weej.com>:
>
> On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 17:49 +0200, Harry Sack wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have read somewhere there exist 2 extensions for FLAC files: .flac
> > and .fla
> > Why is this and what's the difference between them?
>
> Nothing. File name extensions don't mean anything. Don't be confused
> into thinking that they do - they are simply part of the file name.



yes I know this, but my question is: why do they make different file
extensions to FLAC files then if they mean nothing? (I had better formulated
my question like this)

thx
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