Re: The problem With Windows

On 24 Mar 2024 20:27:03 GMT, rbowman wrote:
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I would like to hang the backslash guy but the blame is spread thin.

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Back then, MS-DOS was still using the CP/M convention of “/” for marking
command options. This was in turn copied by Gary Kildall from the DEC
operating systems he was exposed to while developing CP/M.
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E.g. on a DEC system, you might type
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    DIR
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for a brief directory listing, or
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    DIR/FULL
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to get all the gory details.
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So imagine if you used “/” as a path separator, then trying to get info
on, e.g. a file named “MY/FILE” by
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    DIR MY/FILE
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would likely result in a syntax error from the DIR command not recognizing
the /FILE option.