>>Hi,
>>> God knows why they did that anyway - as we know, "/" is used for all web addresses so why wasn't it good enough for PC paths? Why did it need to be introduced in the first place?
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>>So that it would be different from UNIX.......
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>That's a joke, right? Something invented just so it will be different.
Don't think it's far from the truth (or maybe it was CP/M that MS were distancing themselves from)
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>For every invention one should ask "What is the problem for which this has been invented as a solution?"
Sometimes the solution has been around so long that we've forgotten the problem <g>

Best,
Viv