Dave Tweed wrote:

> Yes, on an archaic system like the Windows command-line processor (which
> has distant roots in the original CP/M CCP), the application programs
> must do some of the work of handling the "raw" command line. 

Are you sure about this? When was the last time you wrote a CLI program on
Windows where you had to handle the raw command line and didn't have access
to an array of parsed command line arguments? What language did you use?

(FWIW, there's nothing like "the" Windows command line processor. There are
several, just like for *ix. I only use cmd.exe when I need to provide
support for others... :)

> I'm not sure what stones you are trying to cast here. 

I wasn't trying to cast any stones at all -- maybe that's why you're not
sure. I, OTOH, am not sure why you think I'm trying to cast any stones at
all. 

Gerhard

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