Michael Kay wrote:
>>I can see your point. I guess they chose the less and greater than
>>characters because they look a bit smoother on the screen
>>
>>
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>Screen? We're talking about the 1960s.
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the selectric was a bit short on characters (so were the early line
printers) we used ( - overstruck for { in our early c work.
>Michael Kay
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