Slash vs Backslash

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 08:40:48 +0000

A thread on Hacker News about the eternal confusion between / and :

jordanlund: Confession time… I always get confused about which one is the slash and which one is the backslash. I end up calling them “the one on the question mark” and “the one not on the question mark”.

zem: Here’s a simple trick: \ leans back, / leans forward.

grantrules: _ is a slash that got tired and lay down.

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Slash vs Backslash