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Peter Humphrey <prh@××××××××××.uk> posted |
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200705271118.55265.prh@××××××××××.uk, excerpted below, on Sun, 27 May |
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2007 11:18:55 +0100: |
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> On Saturday 26 May 2007 13:29:34 Duncan wrote: |
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>> The | (vertical line) symbol is called a "pipe". |
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> ... in Unixy systems. |
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FWIW, it was used the same way (but to a far more limited extent) on |
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MSDOS, and AFAIK continues to be used that way in command prompt windows |
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even now (tho I've no direct experience beyond W98, as I decided it was |
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time to upgrade to Linux instead of XP, when I realized XP stood for |
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eXPrivacy, due to its anti-privacy functionality, among other things). |
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It was called a "pipe" there too, IIRC. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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