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Slightly offtopic, but sometimes I wonder about the number of man-years wasted because Microsoft decided to use "Program Files" instead of "Programs". "Yes, yo
by nas 16y ago
Slightly offtopic, but sometimes I wonder about the number of man-years wasted because Microsoft decided to use "Program Files" instead of "Programs". "Yes, you can finally put spaces in your file names. Well done. That doesn't make it a good idea."
- wyday 16y agoFunny thing is, if Microsoft had used a directory without a space I wonder how many apps would exists where they didn't handle path names with spaces correctly. What would the computing world look like if every program were as temperamental about spaces in filenames as, say, MATLAB (or any CAD software). "No mom, you can't use spaces in the filename. Why? Because developers are annoyed by how normal people think."
- wvenable 16y agoI read that Microsoft put a space in there on purpose so that programs would be forced to deal with it. Folders on Windows can have different names depending on the install language. Even if it was "Programs" in English, it might be a name with space in another language.
- Groxx 16y agoOh, to go back to the 8.3 days... 11 ASCII characters is enough to name your files, right?