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It'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 ago
  what do people use for Ypsilon (υ) then?
  • anecdotal1 4y ago
    I'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.
      • yboris 4y ago
        Except maybe the surreal numbers ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surreal_number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surreal_number those are smaller than "as small as you want" :P
        • jraph 4y ago
          Damn! Let's be real though.
    • 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 ago
        Oooh! Thank you for pointing that out