On Thu, 9 Sep 2004, Hans Reiser wrote:
Putting \ into filenames makes windows compatibility less trivial.
Err, I think Ted used \ as an example of how to escape |. It is not part of the filename.
Putting | into filenames seems like asking for trouble with shells.
I think that was Ted's precise reason for arguing that | be used. Did you even read his rationale? :)
If you think \| is user friendly, oh god, people like you are the reason why Unix is hated by many.
I think he was arguing | (not \|) is the least worst seperator to use.
Rather few people understand closure though, so I don't expect to do well in the politics of this. It is a bit like being for free trade, most people will never understand why it is so important because their mental gifts are in other matters,
Lots of people understand why free-trade is important. It's taught in introductory economics/business classes in secondary school.