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Old December 13th 17, 08:54 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
J. P. Gilliver (John)[_4_]
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In message , Mayayana
writes:
"Ken Springer" wrote

| I read a long time ago, some computer filesystems had issues with spaces
| in filenames. Ergo, the underscores.
|
| I don't know if that's true, but if you use underscores you avoid the
| issue if it exists.
|

Yes, but why not dashes? The oldtimers still put
underscores everywhere for no reason.

Indeed. The underline ("under_score_" always makes me think of someone
in a fit of anger, using their pen so viciously that it scores the
paper) was, surely, never intended to be a character on its own; on a
typewriter, it was intended to be used as an overprint character to,
well, underline. (Or "underscore" if you must.)


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Old December 13th 17, 11:21 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Java Jive
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On 13/12/2017 18:20, Mayayana wrote:
"Paul" wrote

Good point "Program Files". What were they thinking?
It ends up requiring complex nested quotes in
command lines.


I've been saying that ever since W95 - the 'Files' is completely
redundant anyway, what else is going to be in a computer directory,
aardvarks?

And even today almost two decades later it means that stuff like Perl
still has to be installed elsewhere. I usually create a 'Programs'
folder and put everything, that will let me, including Perl, in that
instead of in 'Program Files'.
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Old December 14th 17, 03:38 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
pyotr filipivich
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Java Jive on Wed, 13 Dec 2017 22:21:23 +0000
typed in alt.windows7.general the following:
On 13/12/2017 18:20, Mayayana wrote:
"Paul" wrote

Good point "Program Files". What were they thinking?
It ends up requiring complex nested quotes in
command lines.


I've been saying that ever since W95 - the 'Files' is completely
redundant anyway, what else is going to be in a computer directory,
aardvarks?

And even today almost two decades later it means that stuff like Perl
still has to be installed elsewhere. I usually create a 'Programs'


I prefer "progs"

I know where it is, what it is, and three less keys to enter. To
steel my uncles phrase "I'm a good speller but a bad typest".

folder and put everything, that will let me, including Perl, in that
instead of in 'Program Files'.



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