Sujet : Re: The problem With Windows
De : OFeem1987 (at) *nospam* teleworm.us (Chris Ahlstrom)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.advocacyDate : 26. Mar 2024, 14:44:37
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candycanearter07 wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote at 20:27 this Sunday (GMT):
On Sun, 24 Mar 2024 15:10:07 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
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Yeah, Windows does not have the most understandable FHS.
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I would like to hang the backslash guy but the blame is spread thin.
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https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/larryosterman/why-is-the-dos-path-character
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Yeah! Who thought that was ever a good idea? It just adds confusion
between Windows and non-Windows.
The link above explains it. Pretty reasonable. But then I grew up on
DEC Systems, where the "/" flagged an option.
As was noted, the system accepts "/" as a path separator.
-- Q: Why did the programmer call his mother long distance?A: Because that was her name.
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