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I think shells did $ for vars first, then Perl added @ and % for arrays and hashes (and then $ was refs)

• efreak 6y ago
  $string was in BASIC. I'm sure it's even older, though (the oldest BASIC I've used is GWBASIC).
  • gmueckl 6y ago
    I thought BASIC had $ at the end, not at the start? It has been a long time since those days, though.