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<p dir="auto">On 7 Feb 2025, at 13:41, David Ledger wrote:</p>
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<p dir="auto">Blame Microsoft. ‘/‘ was the only slash on Teletypes, also known as ‘fracbar’ - fraction bar. It became the standard. DOS used ‘\’ for something and M$ called it ‘slash’. Been causing confusion ever since. Taking and existing definition and changing it to fit a M$-only world has been a hobby of M$.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Add it to the list, including CTRL+C for copy… DOS conventions for many things for deliberate breaks with CPM or Unix to avoid law suits, but I think that backslashes were already used to escape characters like spaces, so this was doubly bad. Mind you, Apple wasn't much better at the time either!</p>
<p dir="auto">Charlie</p>
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