From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: michael@kjorling.se (Michael =?utf-8?B?S2rDtnJsaW5n?=) Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 12:12:04 +0000 Subject: [TUHS] // comment in C++ In-Reply-To: <04c401d2825d$d0758da0$7160a8e0$@ronnatalie.com> References: <20170208224556.GG65698@eureka.lemis.com> <04c401d2825d$d0758da0$7160a8e0$@ronnatalie.com> Message-ID: <20170209121204.GJ5418@yeono.kjorling.se> On 8 Feb 2017 17:50 -0500, from ron at ronnatalie.com (Ron Natalie): > Amusingly in the UNIVAC FIELDDATA character set. The @ had the value zero > (and was called the master space). That wouldn't have anything to do with how ^@ is a somewhat common representation of 000, would it? (Yes, using octal on purpose.) I've always kind of wondered where that notation came from. That ^A through ^Z were representations of 001 through 032 makes more sense. -- Michael Kjörling • https://michael.kjorling.se • michael at kjorling.se “People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we don’t.” (Bjarne Stroustrup)