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I'm guessing it's carry over from the typewriter days. Lower case x would double as the multiply symbol, and over-striking dash and colon would approximate the
by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 7y ago
I'm guessing it's carry over from the typewriter days. Lower case x would double as the multiply symbol, and over-striking dash and colon would approximate the divide symbol.
- earthboundkid 7y agoWell, I guess we should be happy that 1 and l are separate characters then.
- gumby 7y agoIndeed many typewriters lacked 1 and 0,; you just used l and O