• Diplomjodler
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    551 month ago

    Linux uses forward slash. Windows uses backslash. Because some dude 45 years ago wanted to make it look different from UNIX.

      • @__nobodynowhere@startrek.website
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        1 month ago

        DOS originally didn’t even support directories but was using / for command line arguments. They didn’t want to change the option character and break stuff so they went with \ as the directory separator.

        DOS wasn’t originally created by Microsoft. They bought the OS from computer shop in Seattle.