Comment on The Road to MS-DOS 2.0parentComments−euroderf25dthe Unix path separator.Using the backslash: one of those incredibly idiotic things that caused untold misery and time waste further down the road. Future generations cursed the day.−jlmcgraw22dIt sounds like Microsoft _wanted_ to use '/' as the path separator but was forced by IBM to change it at the last minute:https://www.os2museum.com/wp/why-does-windows-really-use-bac...
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Using the backslash: one of those incredibly idiotic things that caused untold misery and time waste further down the road. Future generations cursed the day.
It sounds like Microsoft _wanted_ to use '/' as the path separator but was forced by IBM to change it at the last minute:
https://www.os2museum.com/wp/why-does-windows-really-use-bac...