On 01/06/2011 12:30, clipka wrote:

> It's one of those relics from the time when MS-DOS started out as a CP/M
> clone with a few added features. CP/M did have the concept of drives but
> didn't have directories, so one working directory per drive would give
> you the opportunity to have programs ported from CP/M stick to drives
> only, and yet prevent them from spamming the main directories of each
> drive they'd work on.
>
> So back then it was probably a good idea.

Oh... my God! o_O

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