[MlMt] http:// → http:??

[Charlie Clark]

On 7 Feb 2025, at 13:41, David Ledger wrote:

> 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$-only world has been a hobby of M$.

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!

Charlie

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