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> I don't know why [it] exists. Ill-considered backward 'compatibility' with block-drawing character sets for mathematical typesetting. (Fucked if I know which
by a1369209993 5y ago
> I don't know why [it] exists.
Ill-considered backward 'compatibility' with block-drawing character sets for mathematical typesetting. (Fucked if I know which character set, but presumably the same one they found U+23B2 '⎲' and U+23B3 '⎳' in.)
- taeric 5y agoPretty sure those are necessary with the extenders when you want to sum larger things like integrals. Can't remember the details, though.