On 03.11.2023 08:17, Greg Wooledge wrote:
Calling these things "folders" discards all of this history and
knowledge.
But the real problem with calling them "folders" is that it doesn't
match the Unix user interface.
Personally, I don't see the problem, because I was talking to people not
Unix user interfaces.
I can agree that word "directory" is more correct scientifically and
word "folder" sound simplified, but
so does word "hammer" sound more simple than scientifically correct
"hand tool for nail punching".
In the end both names mean the same thing and people will always
interpret them correctly, which is the most important part.
And if I had to talk to Unix user interface I'd speak in system calls and
expected neither "directories" nor "folders" as answers, but data
structures and return codes instead.
How is this still going?
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