On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 06:03:01 -0600, Steve Comstock
<[email protected]> wrote:
>...
>Ah! Maybe part of the problem is language. In [American] English:
>
> ( and ) are parentheses
> { and } are braces (not "curly braces", just "braces")
> [ and ] are brackets (not "square brackets", just "brackets")
>
>Of course, common usage does not always apply the same precision.
>...
In fact, I've seen that 2nd set of characters refered to as "curley
brackets" far more often than "braces".
The characters I see in Steve's message are probably the ones he
intended, but that, of course, depends on the code page I'm using.
And if you are entering the characters on a keyboard, keyboard
mapping will also add its own twists. The keyboard map and the
display's codepage may not work well together.
Pat O'Keefe
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