Splat! (was Re: C Language) -- MIDRANGE-L

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Subject: Splat! (was Re: C Language)
From: "James H H Lampert" <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 13:59:38 -0700 (PDT)
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>  Name used in many places (DEC, IBM, and others) for the
>     asterisk ("*") character (ASCII 0101010). This may derive
>         from the "squashed-bug" appearance of the asterisk on many
>             early line printers.

Funny: I thought a "splat" was the cloverleaf symbol on the "Command" key
of a Macintosh keyboard.

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JHHL

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