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Title needs correction: that’s a Greek letter mu, μ, not a u. Addendum: though it is clearly a u in the URL. Someone may be confused...
by hcayless 4y ago
Title needs correction: that’s a Greek letter mu, μ, not a u.
Addendum: though it is clearly a u in the URL. Someone may be confused...
- wccrawford 4y agoIt's pretty common to use a u instead of mu in situations that need just plain ascii. I don't think anyone's confused. uTorrent comes to mind, too.
- pcthrowaway 4y agowhat do people use for Ypsilon (υ) then?
- anecdotal1 4y agoI've never seen a software project choose a Ypsilon in their name before. Have any examples? μ provides a good contextual clue about the project. What would the ε character tell me?
- jraph 4y ago> What would the ε character tell me? Smaller than μ. Still strictly positive but as small as you want. Nothing possibly smaller.
- pcthrowaway 4y ago> What would the ε character tell me? That's epsilon, not ypsilon (it just occurred to me that it's more common to see it called "upsilon" in English, though I don't know why based on how the letter is pronounced - "eee-psilon")
- anecdotal1 4y agoOooh! Thank you for pointing that out