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minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up71·3 months agoLinux uses forward slash. Windows uses backslash. Because some dude 45 years ago wanted to make it look different from UNIX.
minus-squareHakFoo@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up17·3 months agoI understand pre-OS X Macintoshes used colons.
minus-squarePNW_Doug@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·3 months agoThey did! And I weirdly kind of miss them for the entirely non-logical reason that they looked elegant. Don’t get me wrong, I adapted in about 3 seconds when I made the switch to Mac OS X 25 years ago, but I irrationally kinda miss them just a tiny bit.
minus-squaresaplyng@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 months agoCode in Rust and you can get double colons for your library path imports!
minus-squareazi@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-23 months agoRISC OS uses periods and doesn’t have file extensions
minus-squaremexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoThe lightsaber direction is like / \
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 months agoA whole fight in characters: / \ X | | \ / / X
I don’t get it
Linux uses forward slash. Windows uses backslash. Because some dude 45 years ago wanted to make it look different from UNIX.
I understand pre-OS X Macintoshes used colons.
They did! And I weirdly kind of miss them for the entirely non-logical reason that they looked elegant.
Don’t get me wrong, I adapted in about 3 seconds when I made the switch to Mac OS X 25 years ago, but I irrationally kinda miss them just a tiny bit.
Code in Rust and you can get double colons for your library path imports!
RISC OS uses periods and doesn’t have file extensions
The lightsaber direction is like / \
A whole fight in characters:
/ \
X
| |
\ /
X