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From: hollen@spot.megatek.uucp (Dion Hollenbeck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: pathnames
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Date: 13 Feb 89 15:18:13 GMT
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From article <8769@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU>, by sagen@nucthy.physics.orst.edu (Milt Sagen):
> 
> Making the backslash character the directory separator was a stupid idea.  
> Consider the fact that the backslash character is not located at any one place
> between keyboards.  It is such a pain to go to a different machine with a 
> different keyboard with a different location for the backslash yet running the
> same operating system.
> 
In addition to that it is schizophrenic for us UNIX users when switching
back and forth between DOS and UNIX.  Even more frustrating is using the
MKS Toolkit on DOS - now two different pieces of the same computer use
different switch characters!

	Dion Hollenbeck             (619) 455-5590 x2814
	Megatek Corporation, 9645 Scranton Road, San Diego, CA  92121

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