You mean the forward slash? (laughing and ducking)


>Thank you. That explains why the "\" exists. But not why people, since the Wb, have insisted on renaiming the other.
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>>Here are the 'official explanations...
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>>http://blogs.msdn.com/larryosterman/archive/2005/06/24/432386.aspx
>>http://www.charlespetzold.com/blog/2006/07/060115.html
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>>>>Hi,
>>>>> God knows why they did that anyway - as we know, "/" is used for all web addresses so why wasn't it good enough for PC paths? Why did it need to be introduced in the first place?
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>>>>So that it would be different from UNIX.......
>>>
>>>That's a joke, right? Something invented just so it will be different.
>>>
>>>For every invention one should ask "What is the problem for which this has been invented as a solution?"