Why is the DOS path character "\"? - Larry Osterman's WebLog - Site Home - MSDN Blogs
Many, many months ago, Declan Eardly asked why the character was chosen as the path separator. The answer’s from before my time, but I do remember the original reasons. It all stems from Microsoft’s relationship with IBM. For DOS 1.0, DOS only supported floppy disks. Many of the DOS utilities (except for command.com) were...