From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman)
Subject: Re: the term "pound sign" (was: help: character to integer)
Date: 1996/10/09
Date: 1996-10-09T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <53hqv7$f8c@felix.seas.gwu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: dewar.844907172@merv
In article <dewar.844907172@merv>, Robert Dewar <dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu> wrote:
>Telegraphy codes which were the precursors to ASCII were certainly in
>wide use in 1958.
True, but all those physics teachers didn't get the # abbreviation
from telegraph codes. I doubt that there was any connection at that point.
>I must say I suspect that the guess that the # abbreviation for pound
>is older and ISO/ASCII copied this to decide where the stirling sigh
>went seems plausible, but we have no proof ye!
Well, I guess so. I wonder what a "stirling sigh" is.
I bet you meant "Sterling sign".:-)
Mike Feldman
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Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-10-01 0:00 help: character to integer Eric Anthony Spear
1996-10-02 0:00 ` Dave Marshall
1996-10-02 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-10-02 0:00 ` George Haddad
1996-10-02 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-10-02 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1996-10-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-07 0:00 ` the term "pound sign" (was: help: character to integer) Adam Beneschan
1996-10-09 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
1996-10-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-09 0:00 ` Michael Feldman [this message]
1996-10-10 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1996-10-10 0:00 ` Adam Beneschan
1996-10-11 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-10-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-07 0:00 ` help: character to integer Paul Tongue
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1996-10-15 0:00 the term "pound sign" (was: help: character to integer) W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1996-10-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-17 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-10-18 0:00 ` Andrew Lynch
1996-10-23 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-10-27 0:00 ` @@ robin
1996-10-17 0:00 John Walker
1996-10-17 0:00 W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1996-10-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-18 0:00 ` Sandy McPherson
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