[LINK] > If Sir Tim Berners-Lee had his time again he'd probably leave // out.

[Sylvano]

If you feel so inclined, you can watch and listen to him express his
regrets on the double forward slashes at the following:

http://www.beet.tv/2009/10/webs-inventor-sir-tim-bernerslee-double-backslashes-were-unnecessary.html

It's a bit fuzzy now, but in the past, weren't forward slashes just
slashes and back slashes were referred to as sloshes?

Sylvano

On Mon, October 19, 2009 10:06 am, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
>> The two forward slashes at the start of URLs are pretty pointless, says
>> the British scientist who is credited with being the architect of the
>> world wide web.
>>
>> Typing in // has just resulted in people overusing their index fingers,
>> wasting time and using more paper, he has told a technology meeting in
>> Washington.
>
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