Re: How to compare one folder to one directory
"Loris Bennett" <loris.bennett@fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> <tomas@tuxteam.de> writes:
>
> > On Thu, Nov 02, 2023 at 09:12:45AM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> >> Loris Bennett wrote:
> >> > 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.
> >>
> >> tomas writes:
> >> > This is Microsoft jargon.
> >>
> >> It comes from the Xerox "desktop metaphor". The idea was to hide
> >> scary technical jargon behind familiar office jargon.
> >
> > Yup -- Wikipedia says either Xerox or SRI.
>
> Personally I don't see "directory" as being more scary or technical
> than "folder". They are both words from the pre-computer age which
> have been repurposed, just as the term "computer" now no longer
> refers to a human who performs computations.
While I belong to the 'directory is the correct term' school of
thought, I can see how the idea of a folder is a thing that contains
other things (and specifically files sometimes) appeals, whilst a
[telephone] directory is just a thick book.
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