On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 8:14 PM, Nellis, Kenneth wrote: > From: Erik Soderquist >> ... DOS did a lot of things >> against already established conventions, such as using a backslash >> instead of a forward slash as the directory separator, just "to be >> different". > > Not just to be different, but to distinguish from slashes used as > command qualifiers (a la VMS), don't you think? >
The roots of MS-DOS can be traced (via 86-DOS) to CP/M, not VMS. Incidentally, CP/M also uses forward slashes for the program's options. Csaba -- GCS a+ e++ d- C++ ULS$ L+$ !E- W++ P+++$ w++$ tv+ b++ DI D++ 5++ The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers. Life is complex, with real and imaginary parts. "Ok, it boots. Which means it must be bug-free and perfect. " -- Linus Torvalds "People disagree with me. I just ignore them." -- Linus Torvalds -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
