RE: Splat! (was Re: C Language)

["John Earl" <john.earl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I learned early on (from S/38 folk) that '*' (splat) was the mark made
by a bit hitting the inside of a display screen at high velocity.

jte

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James H H Lampert
> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 2:00 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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> JHHL
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