Windows uses backslash as a directory separator because DOS 1.0 didn't support directories

The developers used ‘/’ for flags. Then, when DOS 2.0 added directories, ‘/’ was already taken, so they used backslash for the directory separator.

Source: Why is the DOS path character "\"? - Larry Osterman's WebLog

added 2012-03-19T10:32:52Z by anders

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