Comment by Adám on Why was `!` chosen for negation?
Regarding ' it is maybe worth noting that ! was originally ' overstruck with .
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@StefanSkoglund I've added a link to a claim that it is form the '80s.
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I think you may be confused. My question isn't whether APL (which by the way derives its name from a book called A Programming Language) pre-dates Apple Inc, but rather trying to establish "When was an...
View ArticleComment by Adám on Was ∆ used in APL as a substitute for space because...
Note that in APL\360, S∆MYPROGRAM and T∆MYPROGRAM were used for Stop and Trace control of MYPROGRAM.
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@JerryCoffin How do you explain the This Standard ECMA—17 has been adopted by the General Assembly of November 28, 1968. on page 4 of the linked doc?
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Microsoft Word didI distinctly remember looking into the binary .doc format used by Microsoft Word 5.0 for DOS, because documents saved when the year was after 1999 couldn't be opened again. It turned...
View ArticleIs the "IBM standard character set manual" around?
From Wikipedia's code page article:Originally, the code page numbers referred to the page numbers in the IBM standard character set manualIs any version of this publication available? I'd be content...
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