On Thu, 12 May 2005 16:30:36 GMT, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Thu, 12 May 2005 15:14:09 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bengt Richter) declaimed >the following in comp.lang.python: > > >> >> I don't know why MS used backslashes when unix had a perfectly good path >> syntax >> (not to mention drive letter idiocy). Maybe some legal idiocy, wanting to be >> different to be safe from SCO types? >> > The MS-DOS precursor (and/or CP/M) used "/" to introduce command >line options. This meant, when subdirectories were introduced, they had >to come up with a new separator character. > Or overcome some NIH and switch to '-' for command line options? ;-) Regards, Bengt Richter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
