Kent Schumacher wrote:

>> 
>>> (I would love to beat the person soundly who decided to allow spaces and
>>> quote characters in file names).
>> 
>> 
>> File_names_without_spaces_would_make_a_computer_far_less_friendly_for_the_gr
>> eat_majority_of_desktop_users. ;-)
>> 
>> Steve_Swantz
>> 
>> 
> I-fail-to-comprehend-your-point.
> 
> Kent ;_)
> 

What_I_meant_was,_you're_right_that_spaces_in_file_names_make_life_more_diff
icult_for_the_programmer._In_fact,_Apple_had_bug_in_an_installer_that_caused
_the_loss_of_files_on_drives_that_had_spaces_in_the_file_name._But_putting_u
nderscores_in_file_names_is_as_natural_for_the_average_Joe_as_reading_this_i
s_for_us._So_we_adapt_our_work_to_the_user_rather_than_them_adapting_to_us.

Steve


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