Ever wonder why your computer doesn’t give you a hug? How about a slap on the back for a job well done? Computers have evolved over time to become effective and efficient tools, even integral parts of our daily lives. Yet there is one vital component missing—the human touch. read more..
Traditionally, Unix/Linux/POSIX filenames can be almost any sequence of bytes, and their meaning is unassigned. The only real rules are that "/" is always the directory separator, and that filenames can't contain byte 0 (because this is the terminator). Although this is flexible, this creates many unnecessary problems. In particular, this lack of limitations makes it unnecessarily difficult to write correct programs (enabling many security flaws), makes it impossible to consistently and accurately display filenames, causes portability problems, and confuses users. more ....
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