Err, I was actually talking about the thread subject, where he actually has the word &quot;{in,}equalities&quot;, short for &quot;inequalities and equalities&quot; (more or less). AFAIK, that&#39;s unix notation.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:allbery@ece.cmu.edu">allbery@ece.cmu.edu</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><div>On 2009 Mar 3, at 12:25, Andrew Wagner wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite">Not to hijack the thread, but I thought I was the only one that used unix notation for statements like {in,}equalities. I like it!<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>It&#39;s actually closer to Windows notation with the bracket on both sides (and I actually considered making it %&lt;% but to me that looks more cluttered, plus the S-curve in $ can be a mnemonic for &quot;symbolic&quot; for those who don&#39;t live their lives on Unix).</div>
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