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Yes, I agree, but back in the Apple ][ DOS era (before Pro-DOS) there were even not directories. As an example that went in the other direction: The Common Lis
by malkia 16y ago
Yes, I agree, but back in the Apple ][ DOS era (before Pro-DOS) there were even not directories.
As an example that went in the other direction: The Common Lisp language specification! It even has host, path, version number for describing file names - but I think this now hampers the language's image if one stars coding in it for the first time.
- seabee 16y agoCertainly, but you don't have to go as far back as that for an example: just compare the drive letters in Windows to the lack of them in Unix. It works very well in Lua's favour to stick to just the C library given the desire to use it in embedded computers. However, it's valid to wonder why a basic feature supported by 99% of computers is not available out of the box; you judge things based on what's available now, not the past. I should think the C library would be quite different had it been designed 20 years later.