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@ is the traditional identifier for "the adventurer" in roguelikes, possibly because it looks rather like a top-down view of indiana jones wearing a fedora. ro
by philsnow 13y ago
@ is the traditional identifier for "the adventurer" in roguelikes, possibly because it looks rather like a top-down view of indiana jones wearing a fedora.
roguelikes and unices grew up together, and there's a fair amount of intermingling of concepts and jargon.
...okay the reason is probably more like "'@' means 'you are here'", but I like this justification better because it's how it was explained to me at age ~7 when my dad was teaching me how to play nethack.
- jordigh 13y agoHaha, that's a cute explanation. In hg, "@" is a special bookmark that gets checked out in new clones. There it means "this is where you probably want to be".