From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: dugo@xs4all.nl (Jacob Goense) Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2016 18:54:14 -0400 Subject: [TUHS] MS-DOS In-Reply-To: References: <2c674075-db86-827b-fd97-30921757e9ae@aueb.gr> <7C35A731-84A0-4B9F-AEE6-8D9D1A06B315@cheswick.com> <20160701215809.GB26015@mercury.ccil.org> Message-ID: <15cb56a0fcd78ef763bbdc82ef263e4f@xs4all.nl> On 2016-07-01 18:27, Jacob Ritorto wrote: >> Marc Rochkind scripsit: >> >>> Since the forward slash was used for command-line options, paths >> used a >>> backwards slash. > > Does anyone besides me bristle at the term "forward slash?" In my day > (although I'm under fifty), we called them slash and backslash. The > M$ culture seems to encourage this redundant advective as normal > parlance. Yes, but not but not when used for emphasis.