From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: grog@lemis.com (Greg 'groggy' Lehey) Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2016 13:27:33 +1000 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: <20160702032733.GB61337@eureka.lemis.com> On Friday, 1 July 2016 at 18:27:02 -0400, 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?" Does anybody not? I've even written a Rant about it: http://www.lemis.com/grog/Rant/bad-language.php#forward-slash As I say there, I thought it might be an Australianism. Dave Horsefall clearly has other views. Either way, it makes me twitch every time I hear it. Greg -- Sent from my desktop computer. Finger grog at FreeBSD.org for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. This message is digitally signed. If your Microsoft mail program reports problems, please read http://lemis.com/broken-MUA -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 181 bytes Desc: not available URL: