>UH-OH! Maybe it's IBM's fault:
>
>Those OS's used forward slash as the "option"
>indicator on command line utilities. In their
>earliest form, neither had hierarchical directories,
>so there was no conflict. When UNIX-style paths
>appeared in DOS 2.0, to avoid breaking compatibility
>with existing BAT files (and confusing users), IBM
>(or whoever) used the backslash for the path
>separator.
Here we go again: why slash and not dash? Seattle
Computers had global ulterior designs for sure {:-)
Thanks.
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