> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dale Miller > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 1:23 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Terminology > > I hope, since this is not about "USS", that I won't be moderated on > this. I wish to reply to a question John McKown raised on 18 > Nov :"And > what is the proper word for the PL/1 "not" sign' ? (x'00AC' in > Unicode). It is a standard operator in formal mathematical language, > AFAIK almost universally used to indicate logical negation in an > expression, and normally called the "negation symbol", but > informally > called the "not sign". > > > Dale Miller
So, no fancy name like octothrope for # or solidus for /. How disappointing! <grin> -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
