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For a very long time, I thought the "{" was called "birdwing" because that's how it was explained to me. When I try that now I get very odd looks. Related: htt
by aristus 12y ago
For a very long time, I thought the "{" was called "birdwing" because that's how it was explained to me. When I try that now I get very odd looks.
Related: http://carlos.bueno.org/brackets-of-the-world.pdf http://carlos.bueno.org/brackets-of-the-world.pdf
- dunham 12y agoSee also the last page of: http://3e8.org/pub/intercal.pdf http://3e8.org/pub/intercal.pdf '{' is 'embrace', '@' is 'whirlpool'
- neic 12y agoIn Denmark the curly brackets are knows as tuborgklammer, literally Tuborg brackets. Tuborg is a danish brewery and the brackets are named after the roof of the cap on their old delivery trucks. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3600/3516095666_fb53727c79_b.jpg http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3600/3516095666_fb53727c79_b.j...