Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site uwvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!uwvax!dave From: dave@uwvax.UUCP (Dave Cohrs) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: question about names for symbols Message-ID: <225@uwvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 22:03:38 EDT Article-I.D.: uwvax.225 Posted: Mon Jun 24 22:03:38 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Jun-85 07:42:54 EDT References: <2041@iddic.UUCP> <2086@sdcrdcf.UUCP> <5153@elsie.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 22 After seeing Madison mentioned, I couldn't resist putting in my two-cents worth of local naming conventions. Here we go: ! shreik (Madison is the only place I've heard this used) # pound $ dollar ^ up ( open ) close <> angle brackets or brockets [] square brackets or open and close square {} open and close squiggle ~ tilda or twiddle to some \ back | pipe ` back quote -- dave cohrs ...!{allegra,harvard,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!dave dave@wisc-limburger.arpa (bug? what bug? that's a feature!)