[mmcdermott]

For the longest time you could get away with this in cmd:

> dir c:\progra~1

So if forcing people to handle spaces was the goal, it took a long time to force it.

[arp242]

I'm pretty sure that still works. I forgot the exact scenario, but my Windows CI on GitHub Actions output shorte~1 pathna~1 like that in a script just a few months ago. On one hand, the backwa~1 compati~1 is nice. On the other hand, there's just so much depreca~1 cruft that keeps popping up even on contemp~1 systems.