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minus-squareMeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·4 months agoForward Slash… / …leans forward. Back Slash… \ …leans back.
minus-squareBrickhead92@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·4 months agoOr is it Back Slash… / …because the bottom is back. Forward Slash… \ …because it’s forward at the bottom. /s
minus-squareRepple (she/her)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 months agoI had it backwards for a really long time because you draw / from front to back (ie you write it in a backwards direction) I thought that was the back slash. That still feels right to me despite being wrong.
minus-squarerandompasta@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoIn the old days of using UNC paths a lot we found ourselves saying whack whack server name whack share name. Then forward slash was just slash.
Forward Slash… / …leans forward.
Back Slash… \ …leans back.
Or is it
Back Slash… / …because the bottom is back.
Forward Slash… \ …because it’s forward at the bottom.
/s
I had it backwards for a really long time because you draw / from front to back (ie you write it in a backwards direction) I thought that was the back slash. That still feels right to me despite being wrong.
In the old days of using UNC paths a lot we found ourselves saying whack whack server name whack share name. Then forward slash was just slash.