Why isn't it possible to name a folder "._." in Windows 7?

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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/1028139/...

Accepted answer links:
[the article that DavidPostill linked]: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library...
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Answer 2 links:
[Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces]: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library...

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