[conspire] Java guy asks why to use a pathSeparator constant and not /

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Dire Red (deirdre at deirdre.net):

> Fun StackOverflow answer:
> 
> "You use File.separator because someday your program might run on a
> platform developed in a far-off land, a land of strange things and
> stranger people, where horses cry and cows operate all the elevators.
> In this land, people have traditionally used the ":" character as a
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> file separator, and so dutifully the JVM obeys their wishes."
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2417485/difference-between-file-separator-and-slash-in-paths

"I understood that reference!"  (Old MacOS.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIp-0V6YKfQ