Three letter an anacronym
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Ted MacNEIL
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What's a TLA?
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From: "Ted MacNEIL" <eamacn...@yahoo.ca>
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> >Brackets? Oh, you mean parentheses: ( )
>>Brackets are: [ ] (not "square brackets", just "brackets")
>>Braces are: { } (not "curly braces", just "braces")
>
> Another common use for obscure terms.
>
> When I was in high school English brackets was an acceptable term.
> When I took FORTRAN brackets was an acceptable term.
> When I took C square brackets and curly (brackets or braces) were
> acceptable terms.
> My profs used them.
> Why, after almost 40 years, why do we have more retroactve corrections?
>
> Like that other TLA, that shall remain nameless, even though it was used
> for almost 15 years before some self-appointed pedants started taking upon
> themselves to preach.
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> Ted MacNEIL
> eamacn...@yahoo.ca
> Twitter: @TedMacNEIL
>
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