Err, I was actually talking about the thread subject, where he actually has
the word "{in,}equalities", short for "inequalities and equalities" (more or
less). AFAIK, that's unix notation.
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH <
allb...@ece.cmu.edu> wrote:
> On 2009 Mar 3, at 12:25, Andrew Wagner wrote:
>
> Not to hijack the thread, but I thought I was the only one that used unix
> notation for statements like {in,}equalities. I like it!
>
>
> It's actually closer to Windows notation with the bracket on both sides
> (and I actually considered making it %<% but to me that looks more
> cluttered, plus the S-curve in $ can be a mnemonic for "symbolic" for those
> who don't live their lives on Unix).
>
> --
> brandon s. allbery [solaris,freebsd,perl,pugs,haskell] allb...@kf8nh.com
> system administrator [openafs,heimdal,too many hats] allb...@ece.cmu.edu
> electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon university KF8NH
>
>
>
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