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There are other uses of the slash character. It's a poor choice. _ or | get my vote, but it's a bit late now to fix the mistakes of the past. There are enough
by to3m 15y ago
There are other uses of the slash character. It's a poor choice.
_ or | get my vote, but it's a bit late now to fix the mistakes of the past. There are enough special chars needed anyway that collisions are inevitable.
At least they didn't pick 'E'.
- clhodapp 15y agoThe problem with those characters is that they require you to hold shift to type them on a standard keyboard. Also, they make you reach in a way that / doesn't (now I'm showing my pro-/ bias).
- pjmlp 15y agoOn which standard keyboard? Each country has a different layout, are you aware of it? In most European countries both types of slash require two key presses.