Read your other post after sending this. Odd we both used the 'Horses mouth' phrase :-}
Best,
Viv
>Interesting. The ASCII character set has been around so long that I forget that someone (or some group) had to decide what was going to be included.
>
>>Hi,
>>Horses mouth:
>>http://www.trailing-edge.com/~bobbemer/BACSLASH.HTM
>>
>>>>Now I'm wondering where the backslash came from.
>>>
>>>Looks like it was 'invented' in 1960...
>>>
>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backslash
>>>
>>>>If they used it for C because it wasn't used for anything else it implies >it wasn't on the keyboard. And if it wasn't on the keyboard there wouldn't >be much point in using it as an escape character in C......
>>>>
>>>>>Here are the 'official explanations...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>http://blogs.msdn.com/larryosterman/archive/2005/06/24/432386.aspx
>>>>>http://www.charlespetzold.com/blog/2006/07/060115.html
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>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?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>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?"