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As with so many things in computer science, the answer comes down to "someone working on a UNIX system in the 70's had to make an arbitrary decision on somethin
by ramesh31 2y ago
As with so many things in computer science, the answer comes down to "someone working on a UNIX system in the 70's had to make an arbitrary decision on something, which no one else then ever had a good reason to change".