4 Mar
2005
4 Mar
'05
9:23 a.m.
On Mar 4, 2005, at 9:57 AM, cswiger wrote:
All I want to know is who decided to use \ instead of
/ for
directory separators (warming up the tar and holding feathers).
--Chuck
Because '/' was already used for command options (ala RT-11, etc.).
They _could_ have used a directory syntax like VMS, TOPS-10, and other
DEC --
DSK:[MFD.UFD.UFD...]file.ext or
DSK:file.ext[UFD.UFD.UFD...] TOPS-10 variant
or TOPS-20:
DSK:<UFD.UFD...>file.ext
or ITS:
UFD;FILE EXT
:-)
Mike