Re: Splat! (was Re: C Language)

[Jeffrey Lee <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've heard star used a lot ... what is commonly used for #?

On Sep 7, 2004, at 4:00 PM, Steve Morrison wrote:

> It's interesting how different, related communities develop different 
> terms
> for the same thing. In the S/38 world * = splat, while in the S/34/36 
> world
> * = star
>
> Steve Morrison
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: James H H Lampert [mailto:jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 4:00 PM
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Splat! (was Re: C Language)
>
> >  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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