From: Hal Fulton Date: 2006-09-07T07:56:55+09:00 Subject: Re: A little idiom I like Rick DeNatale wrote: > On 9/6/06, Berger, Daniel wrote: > >> >> Indeed. This is why all paths generated using the pathname2 package >> convert all forward slashes to backslashes. Also, the various PathXXX >> functions do NOT work with forward slashes. > > > If only Gary Kildall had not decided to use / instead of - for > parameter markers in CP/M, so that it wasn't taken when directories > were added. I'm pretty sure that he's the one to blame, or did it come > from one of the DEC operating systems he used as a model for the > 'shell?' Interesting question. I always assumed the /x notation came to DOS by way of CP/M, but now I recall that it was also in TOPS10. And yes, that was a looong time ago. My keychain has 2000 times as much memory as the college mainframe had then. Hal