• Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

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

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        They did! And I weirdly kind of miss them for the entirely non-logical reason that they looked elegant.

        Don’t get me wrong, I adapted in about 3 seconds when I made the switch to Mac OS X 25 years ago, but I irrationally kinda miss them just a tiny bit.