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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
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Subject: Re: brackets/braces/parens/brokets 
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On Mon, 17 Jul 2000 01:53:08 EST, Mike Meyer wrote:

> The problem with leaving out the "curly" is that the *reader* may
> think that "braces" means something other than "curly braces".  If
> you're willing to do that, there are unique nouns for each pair:

It looks like everyone who understands English is easy to chip in on
this topic.  Please go and read what we have in style(9) now before
continuing -- the example usage() message clears up any ambiguity
already.

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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