> At 15:15 -0400 2002-05-02, Tex Texin wrote: > >Sentinel does have a meaning in software, an extension of "guard" to > >mean a delimiting value. > > > >For instance of usage, see: > >http://www.unicode.org/unicode/standard/versions/Unicode3.0.1.html > > Try finding another software meaning using this word, please, not one > from Unicode.
Punching "sentinel value" to Google brings out dozens of software references to "sentinels".
