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[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (12 children)
[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 72 points 5 months ago (9 children)

Linux uses forward slash. Windows uses backslash. Because some dude 45 years ago wanted to make it look different from UNIX.

[–] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I understand pre-OS X Macintoshes used colons.

[–] azi@mander.xyz 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

RISC OS uses periods and doesn't have file extensions

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