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- Subject: Re: The ~
- From: Alex Sandro Queiroz e Silva <asandro@...>
- Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 15:32:12 -0300 (EST)
On Fri, 17 Mar 2000, Erik Hougaard wrote:
> What is the purpose for the choice of this character ??? .. Why not use
> ! just like C C++ etc..
>
Maybe because of some influence from Perl, or because it's damn
easy to type it here in Brazil. :) This might had lead to a choice closer
to the notation we see in those Mathematical Logic books.
--Alex asandro@lcg.dc.ufc.br Lab. de Computacao Grafica/UFC
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