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You mean the octothorpe character? [1] That symbol seems to go by a lot of names! [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_sign https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

• gaius 12y ago
  It's a "sharp", hence why #! is often called a "shebang". Tho' I call ! a "pling".
  • ThatOtherPerson 12y ago
    The sharp sign (♯) [1] is actually a different symbol than the number sign (#) [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_%28music%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_%28music%29 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_sign https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_sign
  • mrspeaker 12y ago
    In Australia (or maybe it was just me?!) we called it "hash" not "sharp"... so #! was "hashbang". The beauty of this system is that #| is "hashpipe", so it _must_ be correct.