In <listserv%201009031147343643.0...@bama.ua.edu>, on 09/03/2010
   at 11:47 AM, Paul Gilmartin <paulgboul...@aim.com> said:

>And some DEC languages used <left-arrow> for assignment when that was
>a prevalent graphic on Teletype print elements.  (I believe ASCII
>usurped the code point with <underscore>.

I recall several ASCII code points with dual assignments. The one that
I hated most was ¬ (Logical Not) with ^ (Logical And).
 
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