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[Ron Natalie]

|   Certainly, UNIX predates the IBM PC.  One main reason UNIX uses / is
|   that it was a lot easier to type for such a frequently used character.
|   UNIX used -x for options where DOS copied the CPM construct of using
|   "/x" for options (who intern picked up the idea from some of the early
|   DEC OS's).

also note that the backslash is a user interface issue.  you used to be
able to choose the option character with OPTCHAR (I think) in CONFIG.SYS.
I haven't touched a Microsoft-infested computer in many years, so I don't
know if this is possible, anymore.  I set OPTCHAR=-, and DOS programs
printed all paths with / instead of \, and I could use "dir -w".  Microsoft
was acceptable then.

but you still cannot put / in DOS filenames, and the reason is that DOS
also interprets / as a directory separator.  most DOS users don't know this
and think you're lying.  these users also think you have to name files the
same as DOS says they are called, and complain loudly when you suggest they
call their files "FOO.HTML" instead of "FOO.HTM", even though DOS doesn't
know the difference between any two file "extensions" that have the same
first characters.  (curiously, these users don't feel compelled to write
DOS filenames in all capitals.)

the worst part about DOS is that it invites users to think that a computer
is only that which they see, and Windows doubly so.  (Mac users _know_ it
isn't. :)

#<Erik 3028582219>

#<Erik 3028582239>
-- 
suppose we actually were immortal...
what is the opposite of living your life as if every day were your last?