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Re:Why is the DOS path character "\"? by pbhjpbhj on Monday March 19, 2012 @09:17AM (#3723768)
Backslash is near L-Ctrl on my keyboard. Forward slash is far closer to backspace.

Perhaps a better way would be to think (for L-to-R language users) of the charater toppling "forwards" / or "backwards" \ WRT the text direction.

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Re:Why is the DOS path character "\"? by pasbesoin on Monday March 19, 2012 @12:26PM (#3724610)
Echoing parent, in different words:

English is left-to-right. (And gravity is down.)

Is the slash "leaning forward" or is it "leaning backward".

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