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Ask HN: Why doesn't this ever get fixed?

2 pointsby wicknicksalmost 15 years ago
Folks,<p>I primarily develop on Linux but occasionally jump to Windows to write an app or two. I have been programming for 7 years, and Windows has existed for a lot more than that. I am really curious to know why the following bugs have never been resolved:<p>1) A file opened in Read mode by process A cannot be opened by another. 2) Why do we have to work with a backslash for windows paths when even the WWW adopted a forward slash for paths.<p>Also, never understood why a drive must started with [alphabet]:??? Its so clean to do just /mnt/foo<p>Are these even bugs or "Features" :-)

3 comments

bdfh42almost 15 years ago
The Windows stream open statements allow for simultaneous access by another process.
stonemetalalmost 15 years ago
cd do/stuff/now works for me on winXP. You can't reference the root of a drive as / (it must be \ or drive letter:\)but all other path separators can be flipped.
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spooneybargeralmost 15 years ago
#2 can be chalked up to backwards compatibility.