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Agree but these came from DOS days, and were just always brought along for compatibility. I think it could be argued that there's such a thing as too much atte

by sixbrx 9y ago

Agree but these came from DOS days, and were just always brought along for compatibility. I think it could be argued that there's such a thing as too much attention to compatibility... Edit: MOST of the no-no file names come from DOS, not this $MFT one which is NTFS related so must have come later!

phkahler 9y ago
>> I think it could be argued that there's such a thing as too much attention to compatibility... I'm convinced that most problems people face are rooted in the conflict between short and long term goals.
peteri 9y ago
Well they really come from CP/M and PIP which sort of inherited from DEC OS/8 (certainly they're in the 1973 manual)