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From: bleys@tronsbox.xei.com (Bill Cavanaugh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Wildcard types
Message-ID: <27327934-a33.13comp.sys.amiga.tech-1@tronsbox.xei.com>
Date: 3 Nov 90 08:15:59 GMT
References: <87.272D0968@myamiga.UUCP> <560@cbmger.UUCP>
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>+	Lets be careful not to put IBM PC's above Amigas (in this respect).
>+At least Amiga's use the same subdirectory seperatiion character that UNIX 
>+does '/'! Why on earth did IBM choose to use back slashes '\' instead? How
>+retarded!
>
>And, of course, Un*x is the One True Word, and anyone who says different is
>commiting heresy.  Geez, let's get our collective heads out of the sand and 
>be a little open to new things.  If no one ever changes the way things are 
>done, they'll never get any better.
>
>+						Jeff
>
>  -ken
>
>-- 
>     Ken Yarnall                 ///   yarnall@usceast.cs.scarolina.EDU
>      Math Department, USC   \\\///   yarnall@ucseast.UUCP
>       Columbia, S.C. 29208   \\\/   (803)777-5218
>    `You'd better tie me up.' -- from the movie, "Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down"
>

Again, an argument that can go on forever.  Just from a practical typing
standpoint, the / makes more sense than the \, since it's more conveniently
placed on the keyboard.  Probably the same reason IBM moved the " from over
the 2 all those years ago...

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