> This can be interpreted in two ways: either very few people have spaces in their paths it's been years since I've seen anyone doing that - a main reason, is

> This can be interpreted in two ways: either very few people have spaces in their paths it's been years since I've seen anyone doing that - a main reason, is that a very widely used dev tool, make, does not handle spaces in paths: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?712 http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?712 thus leading to inertia in the whole ecosystem - if make does not support spaces in paths, why bother