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>>>>>Don't get me wrong, tar is a nice tool, but for transporting data there are better.
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>>>>note that I was using past tense. 😉
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>>>>and let's not forget there is often some amount of inertia that keeps certain older formats in use.
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>>>Times are something a German constantly get wrong. We do not use past tense, present perfect and past in there sense. We distinct by context rather then grammar, and do have nothing similar to the more tricky kinds of past like past perfect progressive. Sorry for the confusion.
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>>>Some would say, no wonder on 'nix. It's all about inertia ... They like tar because it neatly fits into the STDIN ~OUT and pipe concept. And a lot of 'nix is like We do it because we do it.
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>>[shrug] within Windows there are a number of "vestiges" dating back to PC/MS-DOS (with some features dating back to CP/M).
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>I guess 'nix is older? But yes sure. There is still stuff on CMD and woudnln't a odd DBX lang not be the best example off inherited crap? @1 ,1 SAY 'LOL'

it is amusing how DOS 2.x came with a number of features "inspired" by Xenix (e.g. subdirectories, file redirection, file handles, etc.). One amusing bit was the int 21h interface even had a call you can make to change the switch character from "/" to something like "-" that makes the command shell act more *nix-like (when you did this you could use forward slashes as directory separator character on the command line). Within the int 21h API you could use both forward and back slash as directory separator. Also each "module" was configured to have a common interface by which version/revision information could be retrieved. The main program would use this within the "about" screen/report to allow for for diagonstic and maintenace purpose.