On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 07:56:04AM +0200, divoplade wrote:
> Hello Zelphir,

[...]

> As for why guile avoid reasoning about "paths", see 
> https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#GNU-Manuals
> https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#GNU-Manuals:
> 
> Please do not use the term “pathname” [...]

For completeness's sake, one should add that `path' is customary
in UNIX in the sense Zelphir used it (that's even mentioned in
the references you gave).

Something to keep in mind when talking to "other cultures" --
they are our neighbours, after all :-)

Cheers
 - t