From: "John Gilmore" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, 12 January 2012 3:51 AM
The name 'underscore' for the character '_' is at best a misnomer. It cannot be put under another character.
It can be, on mechanical printers, at least. These are of the kind that can backspace. They include the Diablo and Qume printers and those of their ilk that can print and back-space. In Windows MS word, there's even a button for underlining. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
