Re: How to compare one folder to one directory (was: How to compare contents of two folders against third one?)

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On Thu, 2 Nov 2023 09:59:20 +0100
 Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> wrote:
> Michael Kjörling (12023-11-02):
> > 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).
>
> Exactly. The word “folder” belongs in the “computers are too 
> complicated
> for you so we'll make them guess what you want to do and pretend 
> they're
> easy but it's normal if they crash” mentality where we cannot get 
> the
> computer to do what you want because it is second-guessing our
> instructions: vague and not suited for technical communication.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
>  Nicolas George
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