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Hm. What is the origin of 'Texas symbols'? A reference to being old-fashioned or something? It's amusing, though I'm not sure it's the clearest euphemism
by eximius 11y ago
Hm. What is the origin of 'Texas symbols'? A reference to being old-fashioned or something? It's amusing, though I'm not sure it's the clearest euphemism
- dugword 11y agoEverything is bigger in Texas... Texas symbols are two or more ascii characters that replace a single Unicode symbol.
- eximius 11y agoHerm. That does seem simpler. I should have thought of that. Still, weird name.
- peteretep 11y agoThat is the most Perl name (and explanation) I can imagine. For some of us, that's the charm!
- colomon 11y agoI've always thought there's also a tongue-in-cheek "Real Americans only use ASCII!!" connotation lurking in there as well.