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I've liked calling them Democrat and Republican slashes. Both right and left leaning.... does that make the pipe | Independent? _____________________________ Bryan Dietz Aktion Associates "i want an i" midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 07/27/2006 06:12:34 PM: -> Adam, -> -> >> This is a slash: / -> >> This is a backslash: \ -> -> That's interesting. I was told and have always believed that it was the -> other way round, i.e. "/" was a backslash because your pen moves "backwards" -> (top right to bottom left) from the direction of writing (left to right) -> when you write it.
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