Re: How to compare one folder to one directory (was: How to compare contents of two folders against third one?)
On 2 Nov 2023 08:54 +0100, from tomas@tuxteam.de:
>> What's the objection to 'folder'? I don't use it myself, but it seems
>> fairly reasonable to me. Many desktop environments use an old hanging
>> folder icon in their file browsers.
>
> This is Microsoft jargon. Eek.
I don't have a reference handy, but I do distinctly recall reading
that Microsoft introduced the term "folder" specifically to also be
able to refer to a concept of "something which is _not_ a directory
but containing a collection of some kind of items".
Things like "My Computer", "Network Neighborhood", "Printers",
"Control Panel" and so on.
IBM also used the term "folder" no later than by OS/2 2.0 [1], but I'm
not sure how far-ranging their usage of the term was. That would be
contemporary with early betas of Windows 95, which introduced the term
in Microsoft's ecosystem (they used the term "folder" in mid-1993[2],
and Wikipedia puts a first OS/2 2.0 release at October 1991).
[1]: http://toastytech.com/guis/os220.html (bottom screenshot in
particular)
[2]: http://toastytech.com/guis/chic58.html
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