I honestly can only conceptualize them as unix slash and windows slashhttps://twitter.com/nelhage/status/730458366456123394 …
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Replying to @0xabad1dea
@0xabad1dea I can't fathom how people can fail to get the difference right away if they've ever written a slash in handwriting...2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @RichFelker
@RichFelker I am drawing a line from left to right in both cases so no I don’t see how that would clarify anything at all1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @0xabad1dea
The forward slash is the one you write in natural-language text & I assume people who write it know the motion they write it by.
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Replying to @RichFelker @0xabad1dea
Of course the "clarifying" word "forward" actually confuses things, because the "back" in backslash just means "reversed" slash.
1:41 PM - 11 May 2016
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