[TUHS] MS-DOS

[Greg 'groggy' Lehey]

On Friday,  1 July 2016 at 18:27:02 -0400, Jacob Ritorto wrote:
>>
>> Marc Rochkind scripsit:
>>
>>> Since the forward slash was used for command-line options, paths used a
>>> backwards slash.
>
> Does anyone besides me bristle at the term "forward slash?"

Does anybody not?  I've even written a Rant about it:
http://www.lemis.com/grog/Rant/bad-language.php#forward-slash

As I say there, I thought it might be an Australianism.  Dave
Horsefall clearly has other views.  Either way, it makes me twitch
every time I hear it.

Greg
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