On Friday, 17 September 2021 at 13:40:25 -0700, Chris Torek wrote:
> Also worth noting, though the precise history predates my own
> experience: it's common in grammar theory to use `$` as the end
> symbol.  Was this from REs using `$` as an end symbol as well,
> or did REs adopt `$` from here, or ...?

Weren't there programming languages that used $ as a statement
terminator instead of ;?

Greg
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