Why Does Windows Really Use Backslash as Path Separator?

Re:Why Does Windows Really Use Backslash as Path Separator? by EamonnMR on Friday May 24, 2019 @10:49PM (#20006820)

People constantly use 'backslash' when reading URLs out loud for no reason! It's just a slash!

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Re:Why Does Windows Really Use Backslash as Path Separator? by ben509 on Saturday May 25, 2019 @09:54AM (#20009054)

My guess is they're using the technical sounding word when they're reading a techy URL thing.

Out of curiosity, if we're describing the two characters, which would logically be "down slash" and "up slash"?

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Re:Why Does Windows Really Use Backslash as Path Separator? by GordonS on Sunday May 26, 2019 @05:13AM (#20013944)

I've always called them backslash and forward slash. I had thought everyone did!

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Re:Why Does Windows Really Use Backslash as Path Separator? by DanBC on Sunday May 26, 2019 @05:19AM (#20013964)

For languages that read left to right:

Downslash \

Upslash /

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Re:Why Does Windows Really Use Backslash as Path Separator? by ben509 on Monday May 27, 2019 @10:26PM (#20026734)

Oh, good, that was my intution as well.

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