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What is the reason to append a textual file name with a number? User Experience?

They are magic numbers. Maybe a serial ID, date stamp with more magic, revision, release, ...

Magic Number land has 10 > 9 in the above.

9 > 10 is only possible when removing the Magic Number and morph into mealiness text.

At the moment I cannot think of any magic number where 9 > 10.



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