Re: Wildcard types

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From: Ken Yarnall
Date: Sun, 04 Nov 1990 00:27

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In article <27327934-a33.13comp.sys.amiga.tech-1@tronsbox.xei.com> bleys@tronsbox.xei.com (Bill Cavanaugh) writes:
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+Again, an argument that can go on forever.  Just from a practical typing
+standpoint, the / makes more sense than the \, since it's more conveniently
+placed on the keyboard.  Probably the same reason IBM moved the " from over
+the 2 all those years ago...

I wish someone had mentioned that to Don Knuth before he started on TeX...

+ *         Bill Cavanaugh       uunet!tronsbox!bleys            *

  -ken
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From: yarnall@opusc.csd.scarolina.edu (Ken Yarnall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Wildcard types
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Date: 4 Nov 90 00:27:00 GMT
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