[MlMt] http:// → http:??

[Steve Burling]

On 7 Feb 2025, at 7:41, 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$-only world has been a hobby of M$.

Back in the System 370 "code wars" days (think EBCDIC, line printer 
print trains, etc.) we used "virgule" for slash, "reverse virgule" for 
backslash, and "octothorpe" for what we also called "pound sign" and 
which today is "hash".

Those were the days. And don't get me started on EBCDIC <-> ASCII 
mappings.

-- Steve
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