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That was a general DEC-ism, not just a TOPS-10 thing.

• neurotrace 7y ago
  So let's follow it to the end. Who first started using slashes that way and why?
  • kragen 7y ago
    You probably want to read https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20007305 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20007305 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20007259 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20007259.
  • aap_ 7y ago
    Probably TOPS-10, or rather the PDP-6 Monitor (which later was renamed TOPS-10)