[MlMt] http:// → http:??

[Bill Cole]

On 2025-02-07 at 07:41:40 UTC-0500 (Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:41:40 +0000)
David Ledger <mailmate at lists.freron.com>
is rumored to have said:
[...]
> 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$-only world has been a hobby of M$.

There are a lot of different slashes now...

Unicode knows about ⁄ ("FRACTION SLASH") and ∕ ("DIVISION SLASH") as 
well as the / ("SOLIDUS") which exists in the ASCII set. Who thought we 
needed 2 distinct symbols for the same mathematical logic?

Also:

COMBINING SHORT SOLIDUS OVERLAY   ̷

COMBINING LONG SOLIDUS OVERLAY    ̸

BIG SOLIDUS                      ⧸

FULLWIDTH SOLIDUS                ／

COMBINING LONG DOUBLE SOLIDUS OVERLAY  ⃫

plus various reverse, double, and triple variants.

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