Since the point of this thread is pedantry, that's "octothorpe", and "PL/I".
On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 9:02 AM, McKown, John <john.mck...@healthmarkets.com> wrote: > Since it is now Friday, how about > > / is a solidus, aka a slash > \ is a reverse solidus, aka a backslash > # is an octhothrope, aka a hash mark or pound sign. Not to be confused with > "pound sterling" sign. > ! is a "bang" - I learned that long ago in college on a Xerox Sigma 7 system. > #! is normally pronounced "shebang" in UNIX. I guess a verbal slurring of > "hash bang" together. -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
