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minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up70·4 days agoLinux uses forward slash. Windows uses backslash. Because some dude 45 years ago wanted to make it look different from UNIX.
minus-squareHakFoo@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up15·4 days agoI understand pre-OS X Macintoshes used colons.
minus-squarePNW_Doug@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·4 days agoThey did! And I weirdly kind of miss them for the entirely non-logical reason that they looked elegant. Don’t get me wrong, I adapted in about 3 seconds when I made the switch to Mac OS X 25 years ago, but I irrationally kinda miss them just a tiny bit.
minus-squaresaplyng@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 days agoCode in Rust and you can get double colons for your library path imports!
minus-squareazi@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-24 days agoRISC OS uses periods and doesn’t have file extensions
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 days agoWas that bill gates just to make one of the first incompatibilities in a long long run?
Linux uses forward slash. Windows uses backslash. Because some dude 45 years ago wanted to make it look different from UNIX.
I understand pre-OS X Macintoshes used colons.
They did! And I weirdly kind of miss them for the entirely non-logical reason that they looked elegant.
Don’t get me wrong, I adapted in about 3 seconds when I made the switch to Mac OS X 25 years ago, but I irrationally kinda miss them just a tiny bit.
Code in Rust and you can get double colons for your library path imports!
RISC OS uses periods and doesn’t have file extensions
Was that bill gates just to make one of the first incompatibilities in a long long run?