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by bregma 1943 days ago
I have to suppress the urge to correct people both when they refer to it as a backslash and when they use the term "forward slash". I've already lost all my friends by being that guy; I don't need to also earn the enmity of random strangers on the internet.

But technically it's a solidus not a slash.

1 comments

Nothing is wrong with "forward slash.
"forward slash" vs. "forward backslash" would be more consistent.