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Author r.david.murray
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Date 2015-03-24.14:18:06
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It is a deliberate choice because (I'm guessing) the designer thought it would make it easier to write cross platform scripts.  In any case, as Haypo said, it is what it is (and it *is* consistent with itself).
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