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¬ is one of the many 'not' symbols that has been used through history. As to why UK keyboards include it? Probably IBM, ¬ was the negation/not symbol in Z, it
by NikkiA 7y ago
¬ is one of the many 'not' symbols that has been used through history.
As to why UK keyboards include it? Probably IBM, ¬ was the negation/not symbol in Z, it wouldn't surprise me if Hursley Park petitioned the rest of the company to ensure it was on the UK PC layout.
(This Z: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_notation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_notation )
- rhinoceraptor 7y agoIt makes a good EOL character to highlight trailing whitespace.
- NikkiA 7y agoTrue, but unicode gives us ⏎ which is pretty unambiguous