On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 08:18:18PM +0100, Dennis Haney wrote: : Michael Lazzaro wrote: : : > ~ - force to string context : : > ~ ~= - string concat : : ARG. When did this get chosen? : ~ has to be absolutly the most difficult letter to type on the intire : keyboard along with ^ and ", because they are also used as a prefix to : make û, ü, õ, ã, ñ etc. : Thus a standalone ~ must be made with a AltGr+^ followed by a space.
Bummer. Oh well. You're not supposed to use string concatenation all that often anyway... Larry
