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> Because the '/' in MSDOS was already in use as an option-indicator - a carry-over from CP/M It wasn't a carry-over from CP/M itself. The utilities shipped wi
by skissane 3y ago
> Because the '/' in MSDOS was already in use as an option-indicator - a carry-over from CP/M
It wasn't a carry-over from CP/M itself. The utilities shipped with CP/M itself didn't use slash as an option character. PIP put options in square brackets.
It was a carry-over from Microsoft's programming tools for CP/M. And, as the article points out, Microsoft appears to have borrowed that syntax from DEC TOPS-10, where it originated