Re:Why Does Windows Really Use Backslash as Path Separator?
by TheAceOfHearts on Friday May 24, 2019 @09:02PM
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It's funny that you should say that about addresses because that's exactly how they work in Japan [0]:
> When written in Japanese characters, addresses start with the largest geographical entity and proceed to the most specific one. When written in Latin characters, addresses follow the convention used by most Western addresses and start with the smallest geographic entity (typically a house number) and proceed to the largest.
> When written in Japanese characters, addresses start with the largest geographical entity and proceed to the most specific one. When written in Latin characters, addresses follow the convention used by most Western addresses and start with the smallest geographic entity (typically a house number) and proceed to the largest.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_addressing_system