Re: [TCLUG:17392] [OT] Some computing history?

[Jon Schewe <jpschewe@eggplant.mtu.net>]

$dos_source =~ s/\\/\//g;
$dos_source = s/\;/:/g;


Luke Francl <fran0382@tc.umn.edu> writes:

> On Tue, 9 May 2000, Callum Lerwick wrote:
> 
> > DOS 2.0. Which added unix like file handles and subdirectories. This is
> > where the use of the wrong slash got started. ;P
> 
> God, why did they do that? If there was *one* thing I could change in the
> computer word, it'd be that. Seriously. Leave it to microsoft, i guess, to
> change the standard and confuse and annoy thousands of users of both
> systems.
> 
> Also, why didn't they put tab-completion into DOS? When I used Unix for
> the first time I was like "...wow...this is the best!" :)
> 
> Luke
> 
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