On Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:44:08 +0100 mk <mrk...@gmail.com> wrote: > It reminds me of why Windows uses backslashes for path separation > instead of slashes: what I've *heard*, and do not know if it's true, > it's because Gates fancied using / for options switch instead of -, and > to hell with established practice.
That was because CP/M used slashes for options and DOS copied that. By the time hierarchy was added it was too late to change. -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain <da...@druid.net> | Democracy is three wolves http://www.druid.net/darcy/ | and a sheep voting on +1 416 425 1212 (DoD#0082) (eNTP) | what's for dinner. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
