On 2008-12-30 00:29:15, solarwind wrote:

>> Seriously, most decent compilers and assemblers (even current ones, and
>> even Microsoft products) have a decent CLI version. For example, the
>> HiTech compilers and assemblers come as standard CLI applications.
> 
> Yeah, however you really gotta hate the forward slash switch on
> microcrap products, ya?

IMO there's nothing inherent better in the *x dash compared to the
Windows slash; both are just a convention. Escaping spaces in filenames
with a prepended backslash one by one (as required by many *x command
lines) can be a real pain, too.

OTOH, rather than blinding your eyes with hate, just try the dash on
Windows... it works for many Microsoft CLI programs (if not for most,
which may be difficult to assert). 

Gerhard
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