Nessus@nsc.UUCP (07/06/83)
Char What I call it ( parenthisey ) un-parenthisey [ bracket ] un-bracket { brace } un-brace ' apostrophe ` un-apostrophe ^ chevron | "that"(what is its REAL name??) No flames about spelling, please. Nessus
za16ao@sdccsu3.UUCP (07/09/83)
I call a
| a pipe, since I'm a Unix-person...
^ a carat (not a carrot, and a chevron is
different...)
leichter@yale-com.UUCP (Jerry Leichter) (07/11/83)
Back in 1973, two friends at Princeton, Don Woods (now at SRI?) and Jim Lyons, designed, documented, and actually implemented a language called Intercal (which stood for "Compiler Language With No Pronouncable Acronym"). It was a marvelous spoof, too complex to go into in detail here; but it came complete with an Appendix defining the Official Intercal Character Set. Note: This was on an IBM 360/91, fed by good ol' 80-column punch cards - remember those? A couple of the characters are overstruck - you simply punched two characters into the same column on the card. The Intercal compiler would print such characters correctly, if I remember right. Of course, not every overstrike made sense; combining some pairs of punches results in a combination of holes on the card that aren't read as meaningful data - so some of the overstruck combinations needed "for symmetry" aren't in the character set. Character Name . spot : two-spot , tail ; hybrid [Ed: of tail and two-spot] # mesh = half-mesh ' spark ` backspark ! wow ? what " rabbit-ears " over . rabbit (not a valid punch card code!) | spike % double-oh-seven - worm < angle > right angle (Note: These make more sense in: <- angle worm) ( wax ) wane [ U turn ] U turn back { embrace } bracelet * splat & ampersand [Ed: They ask for a better idea. I've always been partial to "andpersand", a coinage of the Department of Redun- dancy Department.] V book V over - bookworm (or universal quantifier) $ big-money [cent-sign] change ~ sqiggle [sic] _ flat worm overline + intersection / slat \ backslat @ whirlpool <logical NOT> hook (character looks line an upper-right-hand corner) ^ shark (or simply sharkfin) multiple over- blotch struck chars -- Jerry decvax!yale-comix!leichter leichter@yale
dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman) (07/11/83)
Sorry, sdccsu3!za16ao (I sure can't pronounce THAT), but '^' ain't a carat, which is a measure for diamond weight, or a carrot, but a "caret". As Ogden Nash said: A one-l Lama, that's a priest A two-l Llama, that's a beast But I would bet my silk pajama There isn't any three-l Lllama. Dave Sherman Toronto
bill@utastro.UUCP (07/15/83)
I assume that
>>
should be known as a "cat-astrophe".
Bill Jefferys
Astronomy Dept
University of Texas
Austin TX 78712
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