Kenneth Whistler scripsit: > I don't > know what the origin of the mathematical integral sign > (U+222B) is, so cannot vouch for whether it is graphologically > connected to the long s or not, but it is clearly distinct > in usage and properties from the IPA esh.
It was devised by Leibniz, and represents the long S in "summatio". See http://mathworld.wolfram.com/IntegralSign.html . -- John Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan "It's the old, old story. Droid meets droid. Droid becomes chameleon. Droid loses chameleon, chameleon becomes blob, droid gets blob back again. It's a classic tale." (Kryten, Red Dwarf)
