>> every other OS on the planet calls files and directories
I think it is a useful distinction, the one between a file and a data set. In one case the OS is kept unaware of the logical structure of a file, while the user does not need to know about its physical arrangement; in the other case, things are almost exactly the other way around.
I think it is a useful distinction, the one between a file and a data set. In one case the OS is kept unaware of the logical structure of a file, while the user does not need to know about its physical arrangement; in the other case, things are almost exactly the other way around.