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		Pistos2 on Jan 10, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Anic: Faster than C, safer than Java, simpler than... I wonder why the author chose to use backslash instead of any other character. Backslash is used for escaping in nearly every other language.

dkersten on Jan 11, 2010 [–]

According to the newly added FAQ:

backslashes were chosen for a purely pragmatic reason; on virutally all keyboards, backslashes are very easy to type (requiring only a single keystroke). This is a handy property for backslashes to have because in ANI, you'll be typing them a lot!

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